New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has trashed the draft JPC report on the 2G spectrum case and will most likely present its own report on the probe panel's findings, sources said on Tuesday. The sources said that the main opposition party will seek rejection of the draft report. The JPC is expected to meet on Thursday to consider the draft report. Speaking to reporters, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha...
06:46 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Apparently seeking to pacify an angry BJP, JPC chief PC Chacko on Tuesday dismissed reports that the panel has named former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in its draft report in the 2G scam. "We have the highest regard for Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This report has not mentioned the name of Vajpayee. We have not made any reference to the former Prime Minister," Chacko, who is also the...
06:17 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Banka: A joint team of MP and Bihar police have failed to arrest the main accused involved in allegedly raping a 4-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh and it is suspected that he might have fled to Nepal taking advantage of the porous border, police said on Tuesday. The minor, who was allegedly raped on April 17, is at present battling for life in a hospital in Nagpur. After search for...
04:56 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: Three people have been arrested in Chennai for their alleged involvement in the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office in Bangalore. The suspects are believed to have provided the motorcycle on which the bomb was placed. Police is also probing the involvement of a sleeper cell from Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Police arrested Peer Mohideen and Basheer on Monday night, where as the third accused Kitchen Buhari was...
12:01 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Bangalore: Three people have been arrested in Chennai for their alleged involvement in the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office in Bangalore. Police arrested Peer Mohideen and Basheer on Monday night, where as the third accused Kitchen Buhari was arrested on Tuesday morning. Bangalore Police team conducted the operation and they were assisted by Tamil Nadu Police. Meanwhile, NIA on Sunday conducted raids in Darbhanga and Samastipur districts in...
07:58 AM, Apr 23, 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
In a statement in Parliament, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said 'rapes are not Delhi-centric issue.' ...
01:56 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: 8.03 PM: Delhi Police Commissioner admits police response in the rape case "was not as swift as desired". 5.43 PM: Second accused in Delhi minor rape case, Pradeep, to reach the national capital by Monday evening. 5.03 PM: Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal demands resignation of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar over rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi. Kejriwal...
11:22 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The second accused in the Delhi rape case was arrested from the Lakhisarai area Bihar late on Sunday night. During his interrogation, prime accused Manoj Kumar had said that he had an accomplice during the crime. Pradeep was apprehended from Barahiya village, Bihar Director General of Police Abhayanand said. A Delhi Police team with the help of Bihar Police Special Task Force arrested Pradeep from his maternal uncle's...
07:25 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Metro closed down its Race Course station near Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence for public Sunday evening anticipating protests against the rape of a five-year-old girl. The station was closed at 6:45 pm, hours after a group of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists tried to stage protest at 7, Race Course Road, residence of the PM, demanding the removal of Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar in connection...
09:54 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 7:57 pm: Aam Aadmi Party workers gather at 7, Race Course Road, which is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence. They deflate tyres of Delhi Police buses even as police presence is increased at 7 RCR. 6:16 pm: The accused in the Delhi minor rape case Manoj Kumar is produced in court and is sent to judicial custody till May 4. 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at...
07:32 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
Banka: Madhya Pradesh police have reached Bihar's Banka district to arrest a man accused of raping a five-year-old girl in Siwni district in that state. The MP police with the help of district police raided the house of the accused in Dhibra village, but could not find Firoz (35), Banka Superintendent of police Pushkar Anand said. The joint police team had brought the father, mother and wife of the accused...
02:00 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
An AIIMS doctor said that the five-year-old rape survivor is showing gradual recovery and her vital parameters are stable. ...
12:26 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police is investigating whether a second person was involved in the rape of a five-year-old girl, who is undergoing treatment in AIIMS. However, Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat issued a statement denying "rumours" of arresting a second accused or looking for him. A senior police official said they will investigate whether any other person is involved in the incident either in raping the girl or helping...
11:59 AM, Apr 21, 2013
The five-year-old Delhi rape survivor is still in hospital but stable and alert as the capital took to the streets once again to protest against rising rape cases with a wave of revulsion anger across the nation as well. ...
11:12 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Condemning the rape of a 5-year-old girl in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said safety, security and status of women in the country is a matter of concern. While addressing the Civil Services Day function in the national capital, Manmohan said the gruesome assault on a little child reminds us of the need to work collectively to root out this sort of depravity from our society. All of...
10:56 AM, Apr 21, 2013
