New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday promised to conduct a fast track enquiry against its personnel accused of not helping the family of the five-year-old rape victim and offering them money to hush up the matter, even as a special court will be hearing the case at the same time. Police made these promises in a pamphlet distributed among protesters outside its headquarters demanding the removal of city Police Commissioner...
09:45 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old minor girl continued for a second day in the national capital even as the accused in the case was produced in a court and remanded to judicial custody till May 14. Protesters marched to India Gate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence at 7, Race Course Road and police headquarters in solidarity with the minor girl who was brutally raped, nearly...
09:36 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Karan Thapar spoke to Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Devil's Advocate about the governance of the Congress party, who calls the shots, the equation between Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh and the prospect of Rahul Gandhi being nominated as the party's prime ministerial candidate. Karan Thapar Hello and welcome to Devils's Advocate. I am in an interview with a Congress leader who is not afraid to...
09:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Scores of BJP women activists were detained on Sunday when they staged a protest outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence against the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi. The activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Sonia's 10-Janpath residence. ...
04:36 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Kiran Bedi demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi "has again exposed the failure of police training and reform in India", Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. "Enacting strong laws are simply a first step but it needs the government to focus urgently on implementation if it is serious about protecting children and other victims of sexual abuse," it said. "The inadequate response of the police has become...
03:18 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Over 30 BJP women activists were detained on Sunday when they staged a protest outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence against the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. The activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Sonia's 10, Janpath residence. They broke the barricades near Sonia's residence, but prevented from moving forward. However, the protesters, numbering around 75, were detained...
02:38 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: After hosting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi early in April, CII on Sunday said the chamber is willing to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for interaction. "We have worked with Modi in the 'Vibrant Gujarat' meet. CII was one of the sponsors. So, we will," CII President Kris Gopalakrishnan said when asked whether the industry body will invite the Gujarat Chief Minister who is seen as the Prime...
02:28 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that Sonia Gandhi, being the president of the party, has the last word on many key policies of the UPA government. Singh said while there was no junior or senior within the party, Sonia being the face of the Congress, is at the top in party's hierarchy. He, however, clarified that Sonia never interferes in the functioning of the government except...
01:49 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The 22-year-old man, arrested for allegedly raping a five-year old girl, will not be produced before court on Sunday as police have time till Monday to do so. "The accused Manoj Kumar of Gandhi Nagar rape case will not be produced in the court today," Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said. Kumar, a labourer in a garment factory in north-east Delhi, was arrested on Saturday by a team...
12:52 PM, Apr 21, 2013
In Patna, several people came out on to the streets to protest, even gathering at the airport as the suspect who was arrested was being flown back to Delhi. In Bhopal, angry residents carried placards asking for justice for the child. ...
12:13 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Accused of raping a five-year-old, Manoj Kumar who was brought to Delhi on Saturday evening said that he had an accomplice during the crime. ...
10:43 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi, country's first woman IPS officer and social activist, on Sunday demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. She said the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Chief Secretary DP Spolia and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
10:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has reiterated his opinion that the "dual power centre model" of the Congress with Sonia Gandhi as the party president and Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister has created a perception of uncertainty. He was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Below is the transcript of an excerpt from the interview: Karan Thapar: The comment you made about the separation of powers...
09:01 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Saturday said its leaders would meet President, Prime Minister, Finance Minister and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to press for special category status for the state. "We will meet Prime Minister, Congress resident and others to press Odisha's demand of a special category state status," OPCC President Niranjan Patnaik told reporters after the ruling BJD called for a 12-hour bandh demanding special category status...
10:58 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Protesters took to the street in the national capital on Saturday, demanding justice for the 5-year-old, who was brutally raped, assaulted, nearly killed and kept captive by a man in east Delhi, bringing back memories of the events that unfolded after the rape of a 23-year-old woman. ...
09:47 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Protesters took to the street in the national capital on Saturday, demanding justice for the 5-year-old, who was brutally raped, assaulted, nearly killed and kept captive by a man in east Delhi, bringing back memories of the events that unfolded after the rape of a 23-year-old woman. Angry crowds demonstrated outside police headquarters, despite the arrest of the arrest of the main accused, Manoj Kumar, much like the...
09:06 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday visited AIIMS hospital to enquire about the minor girl who was raped allegedly by her neighbour in east Delhi. Gandhi went to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and visited the girl in her room. She inquired about the victim's treatment and progress from doctors, and spoke with the parents of the victim. The rape victim was shifted to AIIMS on...
08:27 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Anger over the rape of a minor girl in Delhi kept rising in the national capital even as several protesters took to the streets demanding justice. BJP veteran LK Advani on Saturday called the incident shocking. ...
07:54 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and leaders from across the political spectrum on Saturday expressed shock over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi and pressed for strong action to check such barbaric incidents. While Congress President Sonia Gandhi sent out a stern message to the authorities that action, not words were required, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj demanded death for those found guilty...
06:58 PM, Apr 20, 2013
