New Delhi: A 71-year-old tantric was arrested in New Delhi for raping a 10-year-old girl on the pretext of healing her, police said Wednesday. The girl, who had a migraine, had been advised by a neighbour to seek the tantric's help. Her mother took her to Kanu Lal, a tantric in Govindpuri area in south Delhi on Tuesday evening. Lal asked her mother to leave the room as he would...
04:26 AM, May 16, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Unhappy over the probe by Crime Branch of state police into the mysterious death of a lady doctor in Puri in 2012, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday suggested Odisha government to recommend a CBI probe into the matter. "We do not feel the state police is undertaking investigation into the death case involving a lady doctor in right way. Therefore, we suggest Odisha government to recommend...
01:46 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday set up a high-level committee to curb child trafficking in the state. An announcement in this regard was made by Kiran Walia, Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development and Education, at a meeting convened by her at the Delhi Secretariat in which several other steps to curb the menace were also made public. Walia said immediate registration of an FIR in...
01:07 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: An accused in December 16 gangrape case has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court on Wednesday, adding that he was critically ill. Additional Sessions Judge directed Tihar Jail authorities to ensure that proper medical care is given to him. The accused, Vinay Sharma, was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was...
12:46 AM, May 16, 2013
Jaipur: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by unidentified persons at her home in Kotdi area in Bhilwara district, police said on Wednesday. The woman was at her home with her children while her husband was away for some work when few persons came on a bike and gangraped her on Tuesday, they said. The case is being investigated, they added. ...
12:26 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: A 51-year-old Chief Medical Officer of a government hospital in New Delhi was arrested on charges of raping a 21-year-old patient after luring her into a clinic on the pretext of undergoing ultrasound scanning, police said on Wednesday. Narendra Singh, CMO of Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, advised the patient to undergo an ultrasound examination and took her to a clinic near the hospital on Tuesday, police said. He...
11:52 PM, May 15, 2013
An MBA abducting and killing his own cousin to recover betting losses may have shocked it's way into the headlines. But quietly going unnoticed is the fact that this is not the first time educated young urbanites have been found engaging in a crime of this nature. Experts now say there is no such thing as a typical criminal any more. ...
11:38 PM, May 15, 2013
Bhavnagar: A middle aged woman in Nani Rajasthali village near Palitana killed her three kids on Wednesday, by throwing them into a well, police officials said. Later on, she committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree near the well, the police said. Mamta Gohil (35) allegedly threw her three kids Riddhi (4), Hetal (3) and Jaimin (1) into a village well and later committed suicide by hanging herself. Mamta...
10:59 PM, May 15, 2013
Ghaziabad: The policeman who slapped a girl in Ghaziabad near the capital on Wednesday has been suspended. Sub Inspector Iftikar was caught on camera slapping a girl who was found flouting the law by drinking in a car. An inquiry has been ordered in the case. There was high drama at a police station in Ghaziabad where a policeman and a local woman were caught on camera slapping a young...
10:30 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria may have been chargesheeted by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. But, as the BJP alleged, is Gujarat CM Narendra Modi the real target of the CBI? The CBI's move to chargesheet Kataria brought out the entire BJP brass against the CBI on Wednesday, with BJP president Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and even Kataria-baiter Vasundhara Raje putting up a strong...
08:13 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: A daughter-in-law should be treated as a family member and not the domestic help, and she cannot be "thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time", the Supreme Court has said, while expressing concern over instances of brides being burnt and tortured in the country. The top court said a bride must be respected in her matrimonial home as it "reflects the sensitivity of a civilised society."...
07:59 PM, May 15, 2013
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE. This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the...
05:45 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, will be questioned by CBI on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a village head and subsequently a police official. CBI sources said 44-year-old Raja Bhaiya, who is prime accused in the FIR registered by Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife Parveen Azar, has been summoned by the agency for questioning in connection with the larger conspiracy related to...
07:46 AM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said she was "pained" at society's failure to counter violence against women and called for it to be proactive in providing a safe and secure environment for women and girls. "We have been shocked by the violence that girls and women encounter on the streets and even in their homes. Of course this is not universal, but it is very widespread," Sonia...
04:05 AM, May 15, 2013
Batala: A 17-year-old girl was abducted and raped allegedly by a youth in Qadian area of Gurdaspur district. On Sunday night the girl was abducted allegedly by one Satnam Singh alias Satta, according to the complaint filed by the victim's mother. The accused took her to a nearby tubewell and repeated raped her, police said. Seeing the serious condition of her daughter, the girl's mother approached the police, who later...
02:25 AM, May 15, 2013
Ghaziabad: A woman was allegedly gangraped by two persons, who made a video of the crime after giving her sedatives in Kaila Bhatta area in Ghaziabad, police said on Tuesday. The woman, a resident of Meerut, for the past three years was living with a person named Naushad, who had promised to marry her, SP Crime Ram Abhilash Tripathi said. The woman in her complaint has alleged that Naushad and...
12:46 AM, May 15, 2013
The Indian Navy has been hit by allegations of another alleged sex scandal. ...
11:02 PM, May 14, 2013
Bangalore: The Indian Navy has been hit by yet another sex scandal. The wife of a Navy officer on Tuesday charged him of forcing her to get sexually involved with his colleagues. The complaint has prompted Defence Minister AK Antony to order a probe. The woman alleged that her husband, who is a Lieutenant Commander at the Naval Ship Yard in Karwar, forced her to perform sexual favours for his...
08:06 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of several alleged sex scandals in the force, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday asked the Navy to take "sternest possible action" against its officers who are found involved in such "inappropriate behaviour". Referring to some isolated incidents of inappropriate behaviour by a few personnel, Antony urged top Commanders to take sternest possible action against those who tarnish the image and prestige of the armed...
07:50 PM, May 14, 2013
Kiran Bedi said that drinking in public places by girls and boys is unlawful after a policeman and a local woman were caught on camera slapping a young girl at Ghaziabad police station. The girl had been detained by the police after locals complained that she was found drinking with a man in a car. ...
07:10 PM, May 14, 2013
