Delhi rape: Case against policeman for slapping protester New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered a case against an Assistant Commissioner for allegedly slapping a young woman during a protest against the rape of a five-year-old girl.

BS Alhawat, the ACP who was suspended after he was caught on camera, was charged with causing hurt (section 323 of IPC) after the victim filed a complaint on Wednesday, a senior police official said.

Alhawat was suspended within hours after the incident on April 19 at Swami Dayanand Hospital here. The woman and others were protesting against the rape of the five-year-old girl allegedly by two men in Gandhi Nagar area.

Delhi Police Commissioner on Monday said they will register a case against the ACP if the victim comes forward to file a complaint. The rape survivor is presently undergoing treatment in AIIMS and doctors said her condition is stable....more    
08:46 PM, Apr 25, 2013

J&K Home Minister allegedly slaps senior government officer Srinagar: In a shocking incident in Jammu and Kashmir, the state Home Minister Sajjad Kitchloo has allegedly slapped a senior government officer, Riaz Ahmed, in Kishtwar. The incident happened just hours before Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's visit to the area. Ahmed alleged he was slapped thrice by the minister. "When he slapped me for the third time, I asked him what was he doing. Then his people, security people and...  
01:51 PM, Apr 18, 2013

Sreesanth should forget slapgate, focus on bowling: Sanjeeb Mukherjea Should Sreesanth have brought up the IPL slapgate controversy after so many years? Sanjeeb Mukherjea, associate editor, Cricket, CNN-IBN, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Hi good evening, well don't you feel all these are just a gimmick Asked by: satish rao A. Hi Satish, Good question indeed. It is indeed surprising that an old issue is raked up like this after 5 years. However, its...  
07:40 PM, Apr 15, 2013

BCCI warns Sreesanth over tweet incident New Delhi:Paceman S Sreesanth has been warned by the BCCI for raking up the 2008 'Slapgate' issue through a social networking website. The Rajasthan Royals paceman has been told that if he repeats it again, he will be issued a show cause notice, according to an IPL source. Sreesanth made revelation through his tweets that Harbhajan Singh was a backstabber and that the spinner had not slapped him as had...  
05:18 PM, Apr 14, 2013

Modi says he will consider releasing 'slapgate' video New Delhi: Claiming that he has got the only copy of 'slapgate' video, former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Friday claimed that the BCCI had not made the footage of the incident public on the suggestion of vice-president Arun Jaitley and said he would now consider releasing it. "The idea of not releasing the vid in public was Arun Jaitley's at that time. We accepted wht he said. But let...  
10:36 PM, Apr 12, 2013

Ok to slap slack officials, says Goa minister
by IANS
Panaji: It is okay to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar. Mandrekar made the remark on Monday during a debate on civil supplies in the ongoing budget session of the state legislative assembly. "Sometimes officials do not do any work properly and do not listen too. Then like he (Mickky Pacheco) said, they should be slapped," Mandrekar said. Goa Vikas...  
11:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013

Standup comedy is finding its feet in India "My friend Imran Ahmed said to me, 'Man, Bal Thackeray dying is the worst thing he's done-now the Swedish House Mafia gig is cancelled!' I said to him, is that really the worst thing he could have done?" ...  
12:04 PM, Feb 07, 2013

Chinese teacher punishes pupil by 50 students' slaps
by IANS
A student of a primary school in northwest China was hospitalised when his class teacher ordered other students to slap him one-by-one for not doing school homework. ...  
01:33 AM, Dec 23, 2012

MNS offensives: Maharashtra govt remains mute spectator Mumbai: Unapologetic, even proud of having slapped a 65-year-old, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Nitin Nikam called the brutal assault on the helpless municipal corporation employee 'justice MNS style'. And it took the police more than 24 hours after the shocking pictures were aired to arrest Nikam. He was later released on bail. The MNS, quite well-known for its use of violence as part of its brand of vigilante justice,...  
08:41 PM, Dec 03, 2012

MNS corporator defends act of slapping 65-year-old Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Nitin Nikam has defended his action on publicly slapping a 65-year-old private contractor. The MNS corporator was caught on camera repeatedly and publicly slapping a a KDMC contractor, DV Patil. The police are yet to take any action against the corporator. "If your work is improper and you don't understand me when I talk to you nicely then I will have to use the...  
02:02 PM, Dec 03, 2012

No action yet against MNS corporator for slapping 65-yr-old Mumbai: In a shocker from Maharashtra, Nitin Nikam, a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator repeatedly and publicly slapped a senior citizen who is a private contractor. The police are yet to take any action against the corporator. A 65-year-old man, DV Patil, who is a KDMC contractor, was repeatedly slapped publicly by Nikam. Nikam was upset that the private contractor had failed to repair a water pipeline which caused shortage...  
07:35 AM, Dec 03, 2012

TN fishermen slapped, chased away by Lankan Navy Ramanathapuram: In yet another instance of mid-sea confrontation reported on Sunday, the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly chased away a group of fishermen and took away a mobile phone from one of them. The Indian fishing boats, which set out on Saturday, were surrounded by the Lankan Navy while they were netting mid-sea. The Navy personnel allegedly chased away some of the boats and snatched a cellphone belonging to Adimai, a...  
01:01 PM, Sep 10, 2012

Greece politician assaults 2 others on live TV Athens: Greece's election campaign turned ugly on live TV. The spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, after trading insults of "commie" and "fascist", lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a mainstream morning talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face. The violent display reminiscent of trash TV, a week and a half ahead of crucial elections, stunned Greeks as they seek...  
09:12 AM, Jun 08, 2012

Mamata's nephew slaps policeman, arrested Kolkata: Trouble doesn't seem to be ending for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. A man identified as Akash Banerjee, who is Mamata's nephew, has been arrested for allegedly slapping a traffic police constable. The incident occurred at 11 am on Wednesday in Kolkata when he was stopped by a traffic constable on charges of rash driving. Two others accompanying him have also been charged for rash driving and arrested....  
04:04 PM, Feb 29, 2012

Ibrahimovic gets three-match ban for slap Milan: AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was banned for three Serie A matches on Monday for hitting an opponent, ruling him out of a key clash with Italian league leaders Juventus. In the 64th minute of Milan's 0-0 draw with Napoli on Sunday, Ibrahimovic was expelled for slapping his right hand on the side of defender Salvatore Aronica's face. Ibrahimovic will miss a difficult game at third-placed Udinese next weekend,...  
11:25 PM, Feb 06, 2012

Shirish, Farah patch up with Shah Rukh Khan Mumbai: Directors Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder patched things up with actor Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday following a scuffle between Kunder and Khan during a party at a posh Juhu nightclub in the wee hours of Monday. Farah and Kunder met up with Khan and his wife Gauri at the latter's house Mannat in Mumbai and settled their differences. Sajid Khan, Farah's brother was instrumental in bringing both parties...  
07:36 PM, Jan 31, 2012

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce' Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...  
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012

SRK calls Kunder episode a 'Shakespearean farce' Mumbai: A day after Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roughed up the husband of his former best friend at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt to celebrate the success of his film Agneepath, conflicting accounts are emerging from various eyewitnesses of what really happened at the posh Juhu lounge where many of Bollywood's A-listers were present. Both Shirish Kunder and Khan were nonchalant following the altercation. Khan...  
02:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012

Never advocated violence or slapped anyone: Anna New Delhi: After courting controversy over his 'slap for corruption' remarks, Anna Hazare on Friday distanced himself from it saying that he has never advocated violence and accused section of politicians of conspiring to brand him as a "big criminal". In his latest blog, Hazare said he has been fighting against corruption for the past so many years but has never beaten anyone asked anybody to do so. "But this...  
05:06 PM, Jan 27, 2012

People would give reply to Anna Hazare: NCP Mumbai: Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Madhukar Pichad on Wednesday said that people would give a fitting reply to Anna Hazare for his comments justifying the slapping. Pichad was reacting to Hazare's remarks on Tuesday night that a person is left with no option but to slap when his capacity to tolerate corruption runs out. "When Anna made such comments (in the past), people gave him a reply. We...  
07:26 PM, Jan 25, 2012