Crime Against Women
'Mirzapur' holds up a mirror to society—but is violence getting normalized in India?
In the film 'Mirzapur,' violence is a spectacle. The same can be said of a viral video of a woman biker attacked on a Gurugram street. The link between what a society watches and how it behaves is complex, but routine spectacles of brutality, especially against women, mustn’t normalize it.
4 min read24 Sep 2026From selling kidney to theft concerns: What iPhone Duo memes say about how people may use it in public
The iPhone Duo's price has set off a wave of phone-snatching jokes. It signals people may change how they use the phone in public
2 min read19 Sep 2026Mint Quick Edit | How America may be able to test a controversial theory about falling crime rates
Is tough policing behind a slide in US rates of violent crime? Did Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner of ‘Freakonomics’ fame correctly spot a long-term role played by legalized abortion? The latter argument could be tested anew over the next two decades.
1 min read17 Aug 2026Twisha Sharma death case: Giribala Singh likely to be taken into custody as MP High Court quashes anticipatory bail
Twisha Sharma dowry harassment and death case: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail granted to retired Bhopal district judge Giribala Singh by a Sessions court in Bhopal on 15 May. The CBI has taken over the investigation into Twisha Sharma's death case.
1 min read28 May 2026Twisha Sharma Death Case Hearing: SC says case will reach ‘logical conclusion’, orders fair and independent probe
Twisha Sharma Death Case Hearing: CJI Surya Kant ordered a fair and independent investigation, urging Twisha Sharma's family and accused Samarth Singh and Giribala Singh to stop making public statements
5 min read25 May 2026Bhopal ‘dowry death’: Twisha Sharma's kin protests in front of MP CM's house; seeks AIIMS post-mortem | What we know
Twisha Sharma's family staged a protest outside Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's official residence in Bhopal on Sunday, demanding a fresh post-mortem examination of her body at AIIMS Delhi.
2 min read18 May 2026Hyderabad horror: Man stabs 29-year-old ex-wife – Here's how a domestic violence case led to cold-blooded murder
The accused reportedly bore a grudge against his ex-wife because her domestic violence case against him prevented him from returning to Canada, where he worked at an IT firm
2 min read19 Feb 2026Malayalam filmmaker PT Kunju Muhammed booked under BNS for allegedly molesting woman in Thiruvananthapuram
Veteran filmmaker PT Kunju Muhammed faces charges of molestation after a woman from the film industry lodged a complaint. The alleged incident occurred at a hotel during the International Film Festival of Kerala, prompting police to review CCTV footage and investigate the claims.
1 min read9 Dec 2025Woman alleges Uber bike taxi driver demanded extra money, refused to end ride: ‘App ke hisab se thodi chalenge’
The driver, who was in a different vehicle from the one shown on the app, began making constant harassing calls and messages for the next 1.5 hours.
3 min read29 Nov 2025Durgapur gangrape case: All five accused taken to scene of crime for reconstruction; clothes, phones seized
All five accused in the Durgapur gangrape case were taken to the scene of crime on Tuesday along with a friend of the survivor in order to reconstruct the crime scene. Two of the accused were also taken to their native homes to recover evidence linking them with the crime.
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