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This 23-year-old fashion designer helps acid attack victims

Watch the inspiring story of a fashion designer Riya Sharma who is helping acid attack victims.

May 07, 2016, 17:26 PM IST

Sushma Swaraj meets mother of Russian woman who was attacked with acid in Varanasi - See Pic

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met mother of a 23-year-old Russian woman who was attacked with acid in Varanasi in November last year

Apr 18, 2016, 22:12 PM IST

Girl attacked with acid in Jharkhand school hostel

A Class 10 girl student was attacked with acid when she was sleeping in her school hostel in Jharkhand's Giridih district, police said.

Apr 13, 2016, 23:30 PM IST

Government's duty to provide free treatment to acid attack victims: Delhi HC

Coming to the rescue of acid attack victims, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that the state government "owes a duty to provide free medical treatment" to these victims and a ceiling of expenditure of Rs 7 lakh is "arbitrary and unreasonable".

Mar 18, 2016, 22:57 PM IST

Two arrested over acid attack on schoolgirls in Punjab

Two persons, including a teenager, have been arrested for allegedly throwing acid on six girl students when they were returning home from school.

Mar 17, 2016, 22:51 PM IST

Six school girls injured in acid attack in Punjab's Dera Baba Nanak area

Six teenage girls were injured in an acid attack in Dera Baba Nanak area here on Wednesday evening after one of them spurned the advances of the assailant, police said.

Mar 17, 2016, 09:11 AM IST

Six teenage girls injured in acid attack in Punjab

Six teenage girls were injured in an acid attack in Dera Baba Nanak area here on Wednesday evening after one of them spurned the advances of the assailant, police said.

Mar 16, 2016, 23:47 PM IST

Kangana Ranaut talks about sister Rangoli, an acid attack survivor

Kangana Ranaut apparently wants to make a film on her sister Rangoli, who survived an acid attack. 

Mar 09, 2016, 08:18 AM IST

‘Soni Sori, AAP leader attacked with acid, is stable’; Chhattisgarh police deny role in attack

Soni Sori, the AAP leader who was attacked with acid, is now stable, claim doctors.

Feb 23, 2016, 02:00 AM IST

Chhattisgarh AAP leader Soni Sori attacked with acid, hospitalised

Three unidentified men allegedly hurled acid like chemical late Saturday on tribal activist and AAP leader Soni Sori in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district.

Feb 21, 2016, 02:09 AM IST

Shocking! Girl attacks boyfriend with acid for rejecting marriage proposal

In Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor, a 19-year-old girl has been accused of attacking her boyfriend with acid.

Jan 12, 2016, 13:28 PM IST

Girl throws acid on her lover who was getting married to another girl

A 19-year-old girl allegedly threw acid at her lover who was getting married to another girl in Inampura village here, police said on Monday.

Jan 11, 2016, 23:57 PM IST

Delhi court awards Rs 12 lakh compensation to acid attack victim

A youth, who was a victim of acid attack by his cousin, has been awarded Rs 12 lakh compensation by a Delhi court which said it was ironical that while the perpetrator walks free under the cover of rights, the survivor suffers trauma and ostracisation throughout his life.

Jan 10, 2016, 09:42 AM IST

Shahabuddin's conviction in acid attack case: Victims' parents demand death penalty

Shahabuddin and three others had doused the two brothers, Girish Raj and Satish Raj, in acid in 2004 before murdering them.

Dec 11, 2015, 18:29 PM IST

Include acid attack victims in disability list, SC tells states

SC said enhanced compensation would help in the acid attack victims' rehabilitation and make the state government implement the apex court guidelines in true spirit so that such crimes could be prevented in the future.

Dec 07, 2015, 22:29 PM IST

Acid attack: SC suggests filing contempt case against hospitals

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to an NGO to file a contempt case alleging that hospitals and other authorities were not complying with court directions on providing free treatment to acid attack victims.

Nov 24, 2015, 20:29 PM IST

Russian acid attack victim goes back; India to pay medical bills

The 23-year-old Russian woman who was attacked with acid in Varanasi and was undergoing treatment here has been flown to Moscow.

Nov 16, 2015, 16:23 PM IST

India will bear expense of Russian acid attack victim: MEA

MEA said that India will bear all the expenses for the treatment of the Russian woman who was attacked with acid in Varanasi.

Nov 16, 2015, 16:15 PM IST

Russian acid attack victim suffers damage to eyes

The victim had dual citizenship of Russia and Bulgaria, and she was living with the accused as his friend.

Nov 15, 2015, 22:43 PM IST

Nine youths injured in acid attack in Odisha

Nine youths were injured when some miscreants threw acid on them during immersion of Ganesh idols at Beguniapada in Kodala area of Odisha's Ganjam district, the police said today.

Oct 06, 2015, 13:52 PM IST