New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Saturday issued a notice to police asking it to explain why the parents of the five-year-old rape victim were "harassed" in the police station when they had gone there to registrar a case. The DCPCR also asked the police to explain the "delay" in registering the case. "We issued a notice to the police asking them for an explanation...
08:48 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Muzaffarpur: The Bharthua panchayat on Saturday decided to boycott the family of rape accused Manoj Kumar after villagers came to know about his involvement in the horrific crime in east Delhi. This decision was taken by members at an emergency meeting of the panchayat. 25-year-old Kumar is a native of Bharthua panchayat under Auraiya police station area of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, about 50 km from Patna. He was arrested by...
08:19 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Mumbai: In a fresh salvo apparently aimed at alliance partner JD (U), Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said BJP would not take it lying down if any of its allies tries to impose its views on the party even as he expressed confidence that NDA will remain intact. "I would like to tell our alliance partners that nobody has the right to wield veto on us",...
01:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday strongly condemned the brutal rape of the five-year-old girl in Delhi but opined against death sentence for the perpetrator of such heinous crime. "The act is barbaric. Such incidents raise serious question on humanity," Kumar told reporters while expressing his anguish over the minor's rape which has sparked outrage across the country. Asked a debate has again begun in the country for...
01:02 AM, Apr 21, 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: 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
Former top cop and social activist Kiran Bedi said that the police officials need to be trained better. ...
03:34 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Days after he allegedly raped a five-year-old girl in Delhi, a 22-year-old was arrested from his in-law's house in Muzaffarpur in Bihar early on Saturday morning with investigators saying that it appeared that he fled the capital within an hour of committing the crime. Manoj Kumar, a casual worker in a garment factory in north-east Delhi, was apprehended from Chiknouta in Muzaffarpur, about 50 Kms from Patna, at...
01:50 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment after she was brutally raped for two days is responding to treatment, the doctors said on Saturday, adding that her condition had stabilised. The rape survivor, who was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday for better treatment, was examined by a team of eight doctors. A medical superintendent at AIIMS said, "The baby had perenial injuries but...
12:59 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: 3:56 pm: Police request protesters to clear the road in front of the police headquarters. 3:27 pm: Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi says, "The society has to be alert and vigilant." 3:18 pm: Around 50 to 60 protesters, predominately from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) try to march to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's house. The police stop them 200 metres away from the house. 2:56 pm: Delhi BJP...
10:04 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: A 25-year-old youth allegedly involved in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi was arrested in Muzzaffarpur in Bihar by the police on early Saturday morning. Manoj Kumar was apprehended from Chiknouta, his in-law's village, at around 2:00 am from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, about 50 kms from Patna. Manoj is now being brought to Delhi on a transit remand. The girl was raped and brutalised for...
07:34 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Muzaffarpur: A 25-year-old youth allegedly involved in the rape of the five-year-old girl in the national capital was arrested in Muzaffarpur on Saturday morning, police said. Manoj Kumar was apprehended from Chiknouta, his in-law's village, at around 2.00 am from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, about 50 kms from Patna. The youth was arrested by a team from Delhi with the help of local police. The accused, who has come here by...
04:45 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The draft JPC report on 2G scam has questioned NDA's decision to grant concessions to telecom companies on licence fee despite protests by Telecom Minister Jagmohan and says the then government had to "forego" over Rs 42,000 crore in offering Migration Package to cellular operators. On the issue of extending concessions to telecom operators such as moratorium on payment of licence fee, the panel said the government went...
07:16 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: In a major move, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Backward Region Development Grant for Bihar and other states. Bihar got the lion's share of Rs 12,000 crore. The announcement came in the backdrop of souring relations between the JD(U) and the BJP, with some calling it an attempt by the government to woo the JD(U). It remains to be seen how Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responds to...
09:04 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In a major move, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Backward Region Development Grant for Bihar and other states. Bihar got the lion's share of Rs 12000 crore. The announcement came in the backdrop of souring relations between the JD(U) and the BJP, with some calling it an attempt by the government to woo the JD(U). It remains to be seen how Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responds to...
08:54 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal United continue to lock horns, the Cabinet is on Thursday likely to announce a special package for Bihar. In what is being seen as the government wooing the JD(U), the Cabinet could give a go ahead for a Rs 12,000 crore special package. Bihar will get this money under the Backward Regions Grant Fund to be implemented in the...
03:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Patna: World Health Organisation (WHO) appreciated the successful implementation of health programmes, particularly anti-polio and immunisation campaigns, in Bihar on Wednesday. The appreciation was expressed by WHO Representative in India Nata Menabde after a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna. Praising the anti-polio campaign, Menabde said Bihar had not registered a single case of polio in the last three years, an official statement said. On the immunisation programme,...
05:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United has now openly challenged its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party following the wrangling over the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. JDU General Secretary Shivanand Tiwari in a strongly worded comment said that his party was not bending before the BJP for support. Tiwari said that that the BJP has always known the party's views on the PM candidate and it...
12:24 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: RJD, arch rival of JD(U) in Bihar, on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of being a "puppet" in the hands of LK Advani and playing the politics of misleading the Muslims. "In the internal quarrels in the top leadership of BJP on the leadership issue, Nitish is a puppet in the hands of Advani....," RJD General Secretary Vijay Krishna said, adding "only communal can protect the communal"....
02:55 AM, Apr 17, 2013
