India Politics

In August 2013, a teenage girl accused godman Asaram Bapu of sexual assault. A look at the case as it broke — and the convictions that followed.

August 27, 2013 · 2 min read

The Shakti Mills gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist in August 2013 shocked Mumbai. A retrospective on the crime, the convictions, and what followed.

August 23, 2013 · 2 min read

On Raksha Bandhan 2013, PM Manmohan Singh urged the nation to recommit to women's safety — while a viral CNN iReport exposed how little had changed.

August 20, 2013 · 2 min read

The BJP named Narendra Modi chairman of its 2014 election campaign committee at the Goa conclave — a generational shift over LK Advani's opposition.

June 9, 2013 · 2 min read

In 2012 India recorded 24,923 rapes with a 24% conviction rate — and behind every number was a woman. A 2013 editorial on the stories that forced a nation

May 28, 2013 · 1 min read

The family of 8-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal claimed she died after a mystery injection in Punjab in April 2013, and that her body returned to Britain

May 28, 2013 · 1 min read

India worships women as goddesses yet tolerates rape and blames victims. A 2013 op-ed on the hypocrisy — and who will fight for women's rights.

May 20, 2013 · 1 min read

A profile of Varun Gandhi — Sanjay Gandhi's son, who charted his own political course with the BJP and won Pilibhit in 2009.

April 30, 2013 · 2 min read

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh lay on a ventilator in a Lahore hospital after a jail attack, with conflicting reports over whether he was brain dead.

April 30, 2013 · 1 min read

A school bus driver was arrested in Bikaner for allegedly raping a 15-year-old student; a hostel warden in Jaipur was also held in a separate case.

April 29, 2013 · 1 min read

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five youths in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, in April 2013. Police said three were detained.

April 23, 2013 · 1 min read

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

April 22, 2013 · 1 min read

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

April 22, 2013 · 1 min read

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.

April 19, 2013 · 1 min read

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

April 16, 2013 · 4 min read

After Anoushka Shankar's revelation and a damning Human Rights Watch report, a 2013 TV panel confronted India's child sex abuse crisis — and the silence

February 15, 2013 · 3 min read

A 2012 remark by a Karnataka High Court judge sparked outrage — but a national health survey found 54% of Indian women themselves said wife-beating could be

February 6, 2013 · 2 min read

The National Commission for Women and some parliamentarians on Monday came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band 'Pragaash' whose singing was…

February 4, 2013 · 2 min read

David Coleman Headley received 35 years in a U.S. federal prison for scouting the 2008 Mumbai targets, spared the death penalty by his cooperation.

January 25, 2013 · 2 min read

After the January 2013 Mendhar beheading, Indian intelligence sources claimed Hafiz Saeed had offered Rs 5 lakh for an Indian soldier's head as a trophy.

January 11, 2013 · 2 min read