A month after the brutal Delhi gangrape and murder, the Justice Verma Committee submitted its recommendations to check crimes against women on Wednesday. The report has suggested changes in an entire gamut of laws to bring speedier justice for crimes against women. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A fast-track court on Monday invoked in-camera proceedings in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case. The court also fixed January 24 for arguments on framing of charges against the accused in the brutal gangrape and murder case. ...
04:32 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday the plea of one of the six accused in the December 16 gangrape and murder case for shifting the trial to a place outside Delhi. ...
12:19 PM, Jan 21, 2013
A DNA investigation of bloodstained clothes and body swabs has linked all five men and a juvenile accused of the gangrape and murder of a girl in New Delhi to the crime, providing evidence the prosecution claims will be enough to convict them. ...
11:21 AM, Jan 21, 2013
One of the six accused in the December 16 gangrape and murder case has pleaded before the Supreme Court for shifting the trial outside Delhi saying that free and fair hearing is not possible here because of strong public sentiment against him. ...
06:50 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Demands for death penalty to rapists and sweeping police reforms, including fifty per cent all-women police stations, reverberated during the discussions at Congress Chintan Shivir coming in the backdrop of the barbaric Delhi gangrape incident. ...
05:34 PM, Jan 19, 2013
A number of people gathered in Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil to mark one month of the gruesome gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old paramedic student in the national capital. ...
09:07 PM, Jan 16, 2013
A month after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old brought people out on the streets and the administration down on its knees, nothing seems to have changed in the national capital. ...
07:59 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Self-styled godman Asaram, in the eye of a storm over his remarks on the Delhi gangrape victim, on Tuesday said he was quoted out of context and announced a reward of 50 lakh to anyone who could prove that he blamed the victim for the horrific crime. Asaram, who had evoked nation-wide angry outbursts over his comments that the 23-year-old para-medic could have saved her honour and life by pleading...
09:56 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has strongly criticised the capital's police force. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Dikshit said one of the biggest lessons from the recent mass protests over the Delhi gangrape has been the urgent need for the police to change its style of functioning and its attitude towards society. ...
07:15 AM, Jan 13, 2013
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday advised general entertainment channel Sony TV to not telecast a dramatic reconstruction of the Delhi gangrape case in its popular cime show 'Crime Patrol - Dastak'. ...
09:14 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The Delhi High Court will be hearing a petition challenging an order invoking in-camera proceedings in the Delhi gangrape case on Friday. The Saket district judge on Wednesday upheld the district court's decision to restrict the media from covering the rape case. On Thursday, it was decided that the accused will be represented by lawyers who had volunteered to take up their case. ...
08:04 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Contrary to the claims made by the girl's friend, the family of the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim on Thursday said that the girl had "never complained of any laxity" on the part of Delhi Police in rushing her to hospital. ...
03:12 PM, Jan 10, 2013
A day after it was slammed for laxity in probe, the Delhi Police on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology to the Delhi High Court for not coming up with a satisfactory status report. ...
11:32 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Unfazed by the outrage sparked by his remark against the Delhi gangrape victim, spiritual leader Asaram Bapu on Tuesday sought to justify the comments and compared all those criticising him to "barking dogs". ...
07:12 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Apparently referring to the recent Delhi gangrape incident and outpouring of public protests, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said India was "shaken" and "worried", but was determined to fight the menace of the society going wrong. ...
12:46 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Three of the five accused in the gangrape and murder of the 23-year-old girl in a bus will plead not guilty to the charges and claim trial, advocates seeking to represent them said on Tuesday. ...
08:29 PM, Jan 08, 2013
The demand to reduce the juvenile age from 18 to 16 has gained momentum after the recent gangrape and murder of the Delhi braveheart. Should it be done? Save the Children's director of advocacy and policy Shireen Vakil Miller's shared her perspective on the issue. ...
05:36 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The brutal gangrape and murder of Delhi braveheart has shaken the conscience of the nation, said Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Monday while asking all High Courts to set up fast-track courts to deal exclusively with offences against women. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 07, 2013
