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
New Delhi: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's demand for death penalty to child rapists on Sunday got the backing of CPI(M) which said it was open to the idea. "We are willing to discuss and consider this because what happened in this Delhi rape case is gruesome. There is something seriously wrong in the society and there is no fear of the law," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament...
03:31 PM, Apr 21, 2013
In a medical update of the five-year-old rape survivor, an AIIMS official says that the toddler is recovering well, her vital parameters are stable. The official says that she is out of danger at the moment. "The girl is alert, stable and speaking to her parents," says the official. ...
12:46 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
New Delhi: 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at India Gate, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and at police headquarters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) members block ITO crossing near police headquarters even as around 100 protesters gather at India Gate and hold peaceful protests. 5:45 pm: Police drag away demonstrators from outside PM's residence at 7, Race Course Road. 5:30 pm: AAP workers...
09:49 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 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. Manoj Kumar, 22, who is accused of brutalising the minor was arrested from Muzzaffarpur in Bihar and brought to Delhi on Saturday. He is likely to be produced in...
07:31 AM, Apr 21, 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: The brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl in Delhi brought protesters out on the streets again, with a large number of them gathering outside Delhi Police Headquarters and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday demanding action and justice for the minor survivor. Holding banners and shouting slogans against the government and police, over 300 protesters demanded Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar's resignation, saying...
02:49 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Muzaffarpur: People in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district expressed anger and shame on Saturday that one of their own was involved in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi. Manoj Kumar, who allegedly raped the girl after confining her in his Gandhi Nagar room in east Delhi, is from Bharthua village under Aurai police station in Muzaffarpur. He was arrested early on Saturday. Some people in Muzaffarpur said he deserved...
01:21 PM, 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: Delhi Police on Friday night suspended one of its Assistant Commissioner for slapping a young girl inside a hospital during a protest against the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl and two other officials on the charge of trying to hush up the case. ACP BS Ahlawat slapped the girl at least four times inside the Swami Dayanand Hospital hospital when she and others were on protest. He...
02:03 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The national capital once again witnessed anguish, anger and helplessness on Friday as details of the rape of a 5-year-old girl emerged, shocking citizens who have been demanding stringent measures for safety of women in New Delhi, where barely months ago the rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student sparked public fury. Despite the government bringing into effect a new set of anti-rape laws, the accused brutally raped the...
10:16 PM, Apr 19, 2013
The doctor attending to the Delhi rape survivor has said that there was a bid to kill the girl. "There were strangulation marks on the neck of the victim," Dr RN Bansal said. ...
06:15 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Boston: An Indian-American orthopaedic surgeon, who participated the ill-fated Boston Marathon, emerged as a 'hero' by providing first aid to victims after the twin bombings ripped through a cheering crowd, killed three people and injured over 180 others. Dr Vivek Shah, who works at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, was about to cross the finish line when he was put to the ultimate test. Shah and his running mates...
02:56 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Cairo: Egypt's prosecution on Wednesday ordered that former president Hosni Mubarak be sent back back to Tora Prison Hospital, Xinhua reported quoting official Al-Ahram news website. Prosecution spokesman Mahmoud al-Hifnawi said Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah decided to discharge Mubarak from Maadi Military Hospital and send him back to the prison hospital "according to today's reports of the forensic medical commission that examined the ex-president in the military hospital". Also on...
06:33 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Salem: A woman sanitary worker at the government hospital has been suspended for allegedly demanding money from a pregnant woman to get herself treated. The 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer from Andhra Pradesh was unable to pay Rs 1000 bribe was reportedly assaulted by her and later delivered the baby at a bus stand in Salem. The sanitary worker was suspended after District Collector Magarabhusanam paid a surprise visit to the...
02:05 AM, Apr 17, 2013
In a major terror strike on the United States of America, three explosions rocked Boston on Monday, killing three people and injuring at least 140 others. ...
11:38 PM, Apr 16, 2013
