Delhi rape accused were drunk, wanted to have fun: Police New Delhi: Investigators will make the two accused in the rape of a five-year-old girl confront each other after the test identification parade of one of them, police said on Tuesday. Manoj, who was arrested on Saturday, was sent to judicial custody for test identification parade (TIP) and police is planning to conduct it soon. After the TIP, sources said, they will seek custody of Manoj and confront him with...  
11:22 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Gurgaon: Maid, husband arrested for kidnapping employer's son Gurgaon: A 23-year-old domestic help and her husband were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping her employer's four-year-old son for ransom. Pooja was employed at the house in Sector 48 here just five days ago through a consultant agency, Gurgaon Police Commissioner Alok Mittal told reporters. On Tuesday afternoon, Pooja called her husband Devi Lal at the employer's house on some pretext, he said. The couple then overcame the mother...  
11:08 PM, Apr 23, 2013

UN Women stresses on urgent need to protect rights of girls New Delhi: Deploring the rape of a five-year-old child in Delhi, UN Women on Tuesday stressed the "urgent need" to promote and protect the rights of girls in India besides speedy implementation of the recently passed Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. "UN Women joins the government, civil society and UN agencies in calling for focused and time bound public action against the perpetrators and also urges for the speedy application of...  
10:16 PM, Apr 23, 2013

News 360: 3 arrested in West Bengal chit fund scam

Three people were arrested on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the West Bengal chit fund scam. ...
09:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013

MP: Man accused of raping 4-year-old arrested in Bihar New Delhi: The man accused of raping a 4-year-old girl in Ghansore area of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh was arrested on Tuesday from Bhagalpur in Bihar. The accused has been identified as Mohd Feroz. The minor continues to remain critical in a Nagpur hospital. Her condition deteriorated on Tuesday and she was put on life support. The survivor has suffered severe brain injuries, doctors say. A team is now...  
09:49 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Ghansour rape: Accused should be hanged in public, says survivor's father

The condition of the four-year-old rape survivor in Madhya Pradesh has deteriorated. She is on life support in a hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra. ...
07:18 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Rape cases reveal our society's patriarchal mindset: Dr Mohini Giri In Parliament Home Minister Sushil Shinde shocked everyone with his defence, saying 'rapes take place not just in Delhi, but across the country'. What does the increasing number of rapes reveal about our society? Former chairperson of National Commission for Women Dr Mohini Giri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Why is it that a Justice Verma committee was required to suggest changes when a certain...  
06:15 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Ghansour rape accused may have fled to Nepal: Police Banka: A joint team of MP and Bihar police have failed to arrest the main accused involved in allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh and it is suspected that he might have fled to Nepal taking advantage of the porous border, police said on Tuesday. The minor, who was allegedly raped on April 17, is at present battling for life in a hospital in Nagpur. After search for...  
04:56 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Police Commissioner has to be answerable for policing: Maxwell Pereira Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. Former Joint Police Commissioner in Delhi Maxwell Pereira joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. I totally condemn the way people come down to the streets like this in the aftermath of such incidents. We, as...  
04:45 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Delhi rape case: 2nd accused in 4 days' police custody New Delhi: The condition of the 5-year-old rape survivor in Delhi is stable and she is still on a semi-solid diet, said doctors treating her at AIIMS. Her fever has subsided and she is more alert and active. S team of psychiatrists are counselling the 5-year old. "She has had a good breakfast. Her fever has come down. And she is afebrile (not feverish) now. Her colostomy is functioning normally,"...  
03:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Assam: No sign of rape on 9-year-old, says medical report Silchar: The nine-year-old alleged rape victim does not have any sign of sexual assault on her person as per the preliminary reports of the hospital where the girl is under treatment, police said on Tuesday. "Preliminary medical tests conducted by the attending doctors at the Silchar Medical College Hospital have found no sign of rape or sexual assault on the girl, Cachar Superintendent of Police Digonta Bora said. The final...  
02:45 PM, Apr 23, 2013

UP: 2 youths arrested for allegedly raping minors Sitapur: A five-year-old was among two minor girls raped in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, police said here on Tuesday. A 14-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and raped allegedly by one Meraj (22) in Leharpur area in Sitapur district on Sunday night, they said. Police said that an FIR was lodged after which Meraj was arrested on Monday. In Deoria district, a five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old...  
11:31 AM, Apr 23, 2013

MP: She should be taken to Delhi or abroad for better treatment, says rape survivor's father

The 4-year-old, who was allegedly raped in the Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh and shifted to Nagpur, continues to be critical. ...
10:39 AM, Apr 23, 2013

Nagpur: Teenager arrested for raping 5-year-old niece New Delhi: In yet another shocking incident of crime against children, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her teenaged maternal uncle at Rahatekarwadi in Nagpur. The minor's mother lodged a complaint against her 16-year-old cousin for allegedly raping her daughter. She claims that her daughter was repeatedly raped between March 30 and April 17. The police have arrested the accused. This is the fifth case of rape which has...  
10:17 AM, Apr 23, 2013

MP: 4-year-old rape survivor critical, main accused on the run Nagpur: The 4-year-old, who was allegedly raped in the Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh and shifted to Nagpur, continues to be critical. She has suffered severe brain injuries and is on life support. While one of the accused has been arrested, the Madhya Pradesh police have announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on the main accused, who is still absconding. In Bhopal, women Congress workers thronged the gates of...  
08:53 AM, Apr 23, 2013

Delhi rape case: Protests against police to continue New Delhi: The 5-year-old Delhi rape survivor's condition is stable, doctors said, and she is still on a semi-solid diet. Meanwhile, the second accused, Pradeep, was brought to Delhi from Bihar on Monday and is likely to be produced in court on Tuesday. The other accused is in custody till May 4. Protests are also likely to continue on the streets and in Parliament after Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...  
07:54 AM, Apr 23, 2013

J&K: 2 men assault teenage girl for resisting rape Jammu: A 17-year-old girl was brutally assaulted for resisting an alleged rape attempt by two men, who crushed her under their motorcycle and dumped her in a drain assuming her to be dead in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. The minor was on her way to a nearby school on April 19, 2013, in Arnia village of Jammu when she was intercepted by a local youth, Nitin, who asked...  
02:18 AM, Apr 23, 2013

Delhi minor rape: Clamour grows for police chief's resignation

As protests continued in Delhi over the rape case of a five-year-old girl, at the centre of the storm was Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. A man who both the Opposition and activists held responsible and answerable for the increase in crimes against women in Delhi. They are demanding his resignation. ...
12:02 AM, Apr 23, 2013

FTN: Is India losing the fight against rape?

Admitting that the response of his force in the rape case of the five-year-old girl was "not as swift as desired", Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said "there was always a room for improvement". He, however, insisted that the Delhi Police has fulfilled all the promises it made after the December 16 gangrape case. ...
11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

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11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013