The shock over gruesome rape and brutality of a five-year-old girl on Monday resonated in the Rajya Sabha with members cutting across party lines pressing for stern action, including death penalty, to deal with such crimes even if it needs a relook at the new anti-rape law. ...
11:31 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Parliament reconvened on Monday for the second half of the Budget Session. The Opposition did all it could to corner the government on a host of issues. The UPA will hope to maneuver with allies to get its way. ...
11:30 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Lakhisarai (Bihar): "I have committed a big mistake." This was how Pradeep Kumar, the second person arrested in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl, responded when asked how he felt about the crime. Pradeep, a 19-year-old "illiterate" who works as a mason in Delhi, was arrested from his maternal uncle's house in Bihar in the wee hours on Monday. According to his friend Manoj, who was arrested two...
10:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Mumbai: A 31-year-old man hailing from Bihar was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping his 21-year-old stepdaughter on several occasions for two months, at his house in suburban Goregaon, the police said. A trap was laid and the accused Rajesh Kusuva was arrested from near Ratna Hotel in Goregaon under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 506(2) criminal intimidation, police said. According to police, Rajesh had tied the knot with a...
10:18 PM, Apr 22, 2013
What does the horrific Delhi child rape and the fact that several more have happened thereafter reveal about ourselves, our society and values? ...
10:10 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital went on unabated on Monday despite the arrest of a second accused in the case. ...
09:43 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Protests against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital went on unabated on Monday despite the arrest of a second accused in the case. Anger against the city's police mounted, led by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and voices demanding resignation of the force's chief Neeraj Kumar kept rising. On a day that saw Parliament being rocked by the issue, Delhi Police Commissioner defended...
09:08 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: 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. "We have fulfilled our promise of putting in place a women helpdesk in every...
08:48 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Nagpur: The 4-year-old, who was allegedly raped in Ghansour town of Madhya Pradesh, continues to be critical with severe brain injuries. She continues to be on mechanical ventilator and life support system. The child is still not able to breathe and is in a deep coma with no oxygen supply to the brain. The child was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man on Wednesday after he lured her with a...
08:00 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Left parties on Monday boycotted Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien by staging a walkout to protest his presiding over the proceedings of the House when it was debating the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi. As soon as Kurien assumed the Chair from EM Sudharsana Natichappan a little before 5 pm when the House was holding an impromptu discussion on the issue, the CPI and...
07:41 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified on the third consecutive day even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. ...
07:30 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The shock over gruesome rape and brutality of a five-year-old girl on Monday resonated in the Rajya Sabha with members cutting across party lines pressing for stern action, including death penalty, to deal with such crimes even if it needs a relook at the new anti-rape law. The House took up an impromptu discussion on the issue during which members also suggested an all-party meeting to find ways...
07:18 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Can electoral and police reforms bring about change in state of women's safety in India? Dr Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and now a prominent social activist, shared her perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers. Q. Just a few days ago when a conference on police reforms and public order was called by Union Home Minister, only 7 Chief Ministers chose to attend with the big names of Narendra...
07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Are the new anti-rape laws ineffective? Women's rights activist Ranjana Kumari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. How to change mindset among small town men who come to work in metros? Asked by: Honey A. The most effective way of addressing violence is through education. Gender sensitisation must be incorporated into school curriculum and training programmes are required in community centres and workplaces. Only once we...
06:43 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Pune: Even as protests continued in Delhi following the rape of a five-year-old girl, another case of crime against women has been reported from a village near Pune. A 20-year-old youth was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a teenage in Shirur village near Pune. The accused reportedly raped the girl inside a classroom. Earlier on Sunday, doctors of a nursing home in Chinchwad town near Pune were arrested on...
05:50 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday ruled out his resignation over the Gandhi Nagar rape case, asking the assembled mediapersons how was it going to help. "I can resign a thousand times if it helped. But can such cases be sorted out with my resignation?" he asked. "When you people make a mistake, does your editor resign?" he further asked. Kumar added that the second accused in...
03:45 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said the government must allow protests over Delhi rape as they are valid. ...
02:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday sought to defuse tension over the recent Delhi rape case and said that crimes against women were not Delhi-centric, but happened across India. Laying down a statement in the House, Shinde said that prompt action had been taken in the case and added that reports of the police offering bribe to the survivor's family to hush up the matter would be...
02:40 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Silchar: A nine-year old girl was allegedly gangraped by two unidentified persons in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Monday. The nine-year old from Karimganj had gone to visit her grandfather in Pechachora village under Kallain police station of Katigora sub-division when she was kidnapped by two unidentified persons, with their faces covered, last evening, the sources said. The girl was taken to a house in Section 9 of Kallain...
02:10 PM, Apr 22, 2013
