Vishnu Wagh, a BJP MLA from Goa and Abu Azmi, a Samajwadi Party MLA, on Tuesday drew flak for their insensitive comments regarding women and sexual assault cases. ...
08:10 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has said that there is a drought of humanity in the society, while reacting to the horrifying tale of the Delhi braveheart's male friend's story. She said that the police and the judiciary need to have a sensitive approach to deal with cases like the Delhi gangrape. ...
01:51 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday kicked up a controversy with his remark that rapes happened in cities and not in the rural areas. ...
11:56 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Reacting to the party spokesperson Dharambir Goyat's comment in which he blamed the women for rapes, the Congress dismissed it as a personal comment while the Opposition said that Sonia Gandhi's visit was merely a face-saving exercise. Congress leader Jagdambika Pal said, "It is not the statement of Haryana Congress or the Government. The Chief Minister has assured that the government will take strict action against the accused. It must ...
11:30 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Two more rapes reported in the last 24 hours in Haryana, making the tally of 15 rapes in 31 days. ...
05:19 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani took on the Congress over rising rape cases in Haryana, saying the government was unable to stop these acts. "On the same day that Sonia Gandhi visited Jind, there is a new rape case. It is evident that the government is full of scams and is unable to put a full stop to the crimes," she said. Two more rape cases have been ...
03:45 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sent out a sharp message to Khap panchayats saying they cannot supersede the judiciary. ...
09:40 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Taking a tough stance on the rising number of rapes in the country, especially after a spate of incidents were reported in Haryana, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sent out a sharp message to Khap panchayats saying they cannot supersede the judiciary. Sonia also said that strictest action will be taken against the culprits in the rape cases. She said those guilty of such heinous crimes, which take place ...
03:42 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Taking a tough stance on the rising number of rapes in the country, especially after a spate of incidents were reported in Haryana, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that strictest action will be taken against the culprits. Visiting the rape victims in Jind, Haryana, Sonia slammed khap panchayats saying India was a democracy and the law of the land was in the hands of the judiciary and "no ...
12:23 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Following the gangrape of a teenaged Dalit girl in Jind, who went on to commit suicide, a khap member in Haryana seemed to blame the victims for the rape. Speaking to a CNN-IBN reporter, khap panchayat member Sube Singh said that the only solution to rapes was to get girls married at the age of 16. His explanation for how it would prevent rapes was equally bizarre. He said that ...
03:30 PM, Oct 08, 2012
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