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
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday slammed MNS chief Raj Thackeray for blaming Bihari migrants for the Delhi gangrape case and related incidents occurring elsewhere in the country. ...
08:52 PM, Jan 06, 2013
In a desperate bid to escape punishment, two of the six accused in the Delhi gangrape case on Sunday told a court that they want to become witnesses on behalf of the state while two others pleaded for legal aid. ...
05:19 PM, Jan 06, 2013
Dear Justice Verma, The outrage will not stop until steps are taken. The politicians have failed. The justice system of India needs to take ...
12:34 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The name of the minor, who is one of the six accused in the brutal gangrape and murder case of the 23-year-old paramedical student, has been excluded in the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police at the Saket Court on Thursday. A separate chargesheet against him would be filed in a juvenile court. ...
06:03 PM, Jan 03, 2013
When the entire nation is mourning the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim, Google has been seen grieving over the demise of the Delhi braveheart in its own way. ...
01:38 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Singapore on Sunday said it would cite the "heartbreaking case" of the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart as an example to reject demands for abolition of death penalty in the city state. In a Facebook post, Singapore's Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam said people were "sickened" by the horrific gangrape and her subsequent death here. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Supreme Court lawyer Dayan Krishnan has been appointed as the special public prosecutor by city police to conduct trial in the December 16 gangrape of a paramedical student who succumbed to injuries during wee hours on Saturday at a Singapore hospital. "It is Dayan Krishnan, an eminent lawyer... He has volunteered to do it free of cost. He will be assisted by two juniors," Dharmendra Kumar, Special Commissioner of Police...
07:08 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Coming under serious attack from raging protests in Delhi over the gangrape of a young woman, the government has set, according to the sources, January 3, 2013 as the date to begin the trial of the case that has taken the nation by a storm. Sources in the Union Home Ministry have said that the case would be heard on a daily basis. ...
02:26 PM, Dec 24, 2012
The large-scale protests in India over the gangrape of a girl in a moving bus has attracted the attention of American media which blamed the incident on poor law and order and a lacklustre criminal justice system. At a time when the mainstream American media itself is battling over the issue of fiscal cliff, debating the relevance of gun-control laws in the aftermath of shootout inside a school that killed...
01:24 PM, Dec 23, 2012
In the wake of the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus in the national capital and nationwide protests over it, the government on Friday assured that Delhi would now be a safer place where both men and women would be able to move freely anywhere at any point of time. ...
06:03 PM, Dec 21, 2012
As the 23-year-old Delhi's gangrape victim struggled for her life, many took to the streets to protest against the government and demanding action against the accused. Three of the four accused produced in the court confessed to the crime saying they were guilty for the horrible act. Police claim they have strong evidence against all six culprits and are close to arresting the remaining accused. ...
08:01 AM, Dec 20, 2012
What steps can the police take to ensure safety for women in India? Senior IPS officer K Salim Ali shared his perspective on this matter with IBNLive readers. ...
04:32 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Are the police unable to provide security to women in India? Dr Kiran Bedi, ex-police officer and now a prominent social activist, shared her perspective on this matter with IBNLive readers. ...
03:51 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that the Delhi bus gangrape case should be tried in fast-track court. "We demand that the case be tried in 30 days and the guilty be hanged," she said. ...
11:19 AM, Dec 19, 2012
It's been 48 hours since the bus gangrape case horrified Delhi. The city administration has, like always, promised to make Delhi safer for women. But has that happened? CNN-IBN's correspondent Priyanka Dube travelled on the same route, which the accused took that fateful Sunday night, to find out if things are any better. ...
09:27 AM, Dec 19, 2012
A Delhi court on Tuesday sent Ram Singh, the prime accused in the brutal gangrape in the heart of the national capital, to police custody for five days, even as the Delhi Police decided that all the six culprits would be charged with attempt to murder. ...
04:35 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Another gangrape in Delhi presents another occasion to citizens to vent their anger and frustration. What needs to be looked at are the concrete steps which need to be taken to make Delhi a safe place for women. Women's rights crusader Ranjana Kumari shared her perspective on this subject with IBNLive readers in a live chat. ...
04:29 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The police on Monday made the first arrest in connection with the brutal gangrape of a Delhi medical student inside a moving bus in the national capital. The police arrested the prime accused in the case identified as Ram Singh, who is the regular driver of the bus in which the crime was committed. ...
11:49 PM, Dec 17, 2012
