Since the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi last year, India has become the world’s rape capital. An American website recently satirized the problem by joking about an ...

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a trainee doctor last year, a crime that sparked nationwide protests over ...

Policemen stand guard as the body of a 23-year-old rape victim is taken for cremation in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Indian police have charged six men with murder, adding to accusations ...

Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on Monday to protest the rape and murder of a young medic. The 31-year-old woman's brutalized body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medics have demanded safer workplaces and swift legal action following the rape and murder of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at ...

The survivor of a gang rape in the northern Indian state of Haryana has been discharged from hospital a week after her horrific assault, a police official told the BBC. The 26-year-old mother-of-two ...

Editor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. Five years ago, a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of poor wage laborers from one of India’s most marginalized communities ...

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Police have arrested six men after a woman riding a bus in India was gang raped Friday evening, less than a month since the death of an Indian woman who was gang raped and brutally beaten while riding ...

(Reuters) - Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city of Hyderabad, a police official told Reuters, drawing applause ...