While the main accused, Amar Jyoti Kalita, has been jailed for two years, others have been awarded one-year imprisonment. ...
10:10 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Eleven out of the 15 accused in the horrific July 2012 molestation case in Guwahati were convicted by the CJM court on Friday. Those convicted included the prime accused Amar Jyoti Kalita who was seen in the footage of the incident, filmed by a local television journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog, leading the maddened mob. NewsLive journalist Neog, who was made one of the accused in the case, was, however, acquitted...
04:54 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Guwahati: Thirteen persons, accused of molesting a girl outside a bar in Guwahati, have been granted bail by a court. The Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate on Tuesday granted bail to Nabajyoti Baruah, Jitumoni Deka, Nabajit Deka, Dipak Deb, Puspendra Das, Dhanraj Basfor, Rubul Ali, Hafizuddin, Sikandar Basfor, Diganta Basumatary, Debo Das, Rupkanta Kalita and Ghanashyam Malik. While prime accused, Amarjyoti Kalita's, bail application was pending before the Gauhati High Court...
02:37 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Guwahati: The last accused in Guwahati molestation case of July 9 has surrendered. The police said the last accused in the case, Sikandar Basfore, gave himself up late last evening at Bhangagarh police station here. With this all the 17 accused in the case have been arrested by the police. Basfore will be produced before the court later on Saturday and the police would seek his custody, sources said. Of...
12:18 PM, Aug 18, 2012
A Mahapanchayat now tells Maruti management they must hire more locals. ...
10:29 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Varanasi/Guwahati: On the run for two weeks, Amar Jyoti Kalita, who was filmed leading a mob of 50 in molesting a young woman in Guwahati, was on Monday arrested in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh following a tip-off from Assam police. Kalita reportedly surrendered at the Banaras Hindu University Police Chowki in Varanasi on Tuesday. DIG Varanasi Satish Ganesh said that a man claiming to be Kalita surrendered before the police...
09:48 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Jaipur: Rights activists on Thursday demanded removal of Mamta Sharma from the post of chairperson of National Commission for Women for her alleged insensitive remarks against women. "We demand from the Prime Minister and chairperson of the Congress party the removal of Mamata Sharma because never has the dignity of the National Women's Commission in the last twenty years been lowered so much as this time," the activists, including NAC...
01:44 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday asked a city-based news channel to clarify remarks made by its former editor-in-chief that there was pressure from him to resign over the coverage of the molestation of a girl near a pub in Guwahati. "There was no pressure from me on News Live's management to make former editor-in-chief Atanu Bhuyan resign. News Live management should clarify the matter," Gogoi told reporters...
06:08 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: While the telecast of the Guwahati incident of a mob molesting a teenage girl rippled shockwaves across the country, its impact on the social and political circle is proving to be more fatal with the women's organistion blaming the police for responding late and the Assam Chief Minister slamming mediapersons for not calling the police on time, apparently missing the main agenda in the tug of war. As...
11:10 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday lambasted a section of the national television media for allegedly trying to paint a "negative picture" of the greater Assamese society in the wake of molestation of a girl in the city on July nine. "I am unhappy and angry and this is most condemnable. The media (national) wanted to blame and project a negative picture of the Assamese society by giving...
08:15 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi/Guwahati: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday thanked the media for highlighting the incident where a teenage girl was molested by a mob of at least 30 people in full public view in the heart of Guwahati. Speaking to CNN-IBN, NCW chief Mamta Sharma said the incident was brought to notice by the media. "They (media) brought it to the notice, otherwise it wouldnt have come to...
04:49 PM, Jul 17, 2012
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01:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
The NCW decided to remove Alka Lamba from the enquiry committee after she revealed the name of Guwahati molestation case victim. ...
10:57 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday termed the molestation of a teenaged girl in Guwahati as "despicable and disgusting". "It was a despicable and disgusting act," Khurshid said on the sidelines of a conference on e-court in New Delhi. He praised the 17-year-old girl, who "bravely fought off her attackers." However, he refused to answer a question whether there was a need for making the law regarding...
04:55 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has finally reacted to the Guwahati incident where a 17-year-old girl was molested in full public view by a mob, saying he has asked the police to take immediate action in the case. Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said that a Special Task Force (STF) has been constituted to tackle the situation. The Chief Minister talked tough on the incident saying, "No...
11:56 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Four days after a teenage girl is groped and brutalised by 20 men in public glare, only four of the suspects are arrested. ...
10:20 PM, Jul 13, 2012
A 17-year-old girl is beaten, groped and brutalised by about 20 men in full public glare outside a bar in Assam. ...
08:45 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has finally reacted to the Guwahati incident where a 17-year-old girl was molested in full public view by a mob, saying he has asked the police to take immediate action in the case. Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said that a Special Task Force (STF) has been constituted to tackle the situation. The Chief Minister talked tough on the incident saying, "No...
08:38 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai, Assam DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhary said he could not afford to get emotional about the Guwahati molestation. ...
08:03 PM, Jul 13, 2012
