Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The School Education Department has received 238 complaints of sexual abuse so far, and around 50 are still under scrutiny, said Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating a meeting of education officers, he said the department had acted on…
But to tackle the pervasive culture of misogyny in a society thatâs still fiercely patriarchal, reform needs to start with the top echelons of institutions, such as the courts and police force. It wonât be easy to address norms that have been in place for centuries. While education and better policies can help, more women…
Sexual assault in India isnât just an act of gender-based violence; it is also one that reinforces caste and power equations and the structural biases inherent in society. As if to underscore this point comes the Justice Hema Committee reportâheavily redacted and released this week, five years after it was submitted to the Kerala government…
 Mahankali police arrested a man at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad on Tuesday, minutes before his flight to Australia took off, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on the promise of marriage. According to the police, 29-year-old Bandaram Swamy, a resident of Gangapur in Jangaon, moved to Australia about eight months back…
A 25-year-old man was arrested by the Meerpet police for allegedly making a 15-year-old minor girl pregnant after promising to marry her. The accused, Rakesh Kumar, was arrested following a complaint from the girlâs family. According to the police, the girlâs parents found out about her pregnancy and asked her about it. She then told them…
