An Indian lawyer defending three of the men charged with rape and murder in connection with a brutal attack on a 23-year-old woman on a New Delhi bus says the victims are to blame for what happened.

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 ...

Suspected rape and murder of 12-year-old girl sparks outcry in India: ‘Our young children are not safe’ - Protests erupt after child’s body found 200 metres from her home ...

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 ...

A court on Thursday convicted four men of gang raping a photojournalist in India's financial capital of Mumbai last year. The Mumbai court is expected to sentence the men on Friday, said Maharashtra ...

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 ...

1. Why Are Rape Cases Increasing in India? Rape cases in India have been rising over the years. This is a serious problem that affects thousands of women and has a bad impact on society. Many factors ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court on Saturday found a police volunteer guilty for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, a crime that sparked countrywide protests and hospital strikes last year amid ...

Indian lawyers shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest at the entrance to Saket District Court in New Delhi on January 3, 2013. A gang of men accused of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old ...

A new web series that confronts marital rape in India has put the spotlight on the grim topic in a country that has stubbornly refused to criminalise it. Chiraiya - the Hindi word for small birds - ...

This week students and women's groups descended on India Gate, a central Delhi landmark, to demand tough penalties for molestation and rape. Waves of angry demonstrators were repelled by tear gas and ...

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 ...