In the past decade, India has seen at least nine major fire tragedies and loss of lives and property. However, not a single individual so far has been held accountable. ...
10:45 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Centre has said that it will not reduce the age of juveniles involved in crimes even in the rarest of rare cases. This came amidst outrage over the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape case getting away with lesser punishment. ...
01:51 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home has pressed for death sentence for rapists in cases where the victim dies or is left in a vegetative state. The committee, set up to examine the Criminal Law amendment bill of 2012, has also proposed to replace the word 'rape' with 'sexual assault' to broaden the definition of crimes against women. ...
09:14 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Any country or rule which does not have justice as the guiding principle cannot prosper, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said on Saturday. Addressing a convention in Patna, the minister recollected that the day he entered politics he had made up his mind that his decisions would be guided by humanity. ...
01:20 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Justice Usha Mehra, who submitted a report on the police response during and after the Delhi gangrape incident, has said that the juvenile accused in similar cases, "if they know what they are doing, should be punished". Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Mehra also advocated death penalty for the rarest of rare rape cases. ...
02:55 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The Justice Usha Mehra Committee on Friday submitted its report on the December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape incident to the Centre. In its report, the committee found fault with the police, even as it blamed the 23-year-old braveheart's friend of changing his statement. ...
05:47 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Ordinance bringing stringent amendments to criminal laws to check crime against women was on Thursday laid on the table in the Rajya Sabha. Government will bring a bill incorporating some more provisions to replace the Ordinance in this session. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The Budget Session of Parliament has formally begun with President Pranab Mukherjee's address in which he laid out the government's agenda in the forthcoming session. Pranab Mukherjee spoke on issues including safety of women, economic slowdown, inflation and also laid stress on cross-border relations. ...
12:57 PM, Feb 21, 2013
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11:47 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Did Justice Markandey Katju overstep the mark or was Arun Jaitley's criticism unwarranted? ...
10:09 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Defence Minister AK Antony has ruled out his resignation in the VVIP chopper allegations, saying there is no divide within the government on how to handle this latest controversy. ...
09:16 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on Tuesday hit back at Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju, saying the former Supreme Court judge must quit his position if he wishes to get into the political space. ...
05:57 PM, Feb 19, 2013
AgustaWestland deal key middleman Christian Michel yet to be quizzed. Wrote on Modi as a citizen of India, Jaitley twists facts, says Katju. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Christian Michel is said to be the key link in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. ...
10:00 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The war of words between Justice Markandey Katju, the BJP and the Congress turned into a full-fledged debated on Monday. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The war of words between Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley worsened on Monday with the former accusing the latter of making reckless allegations against him. ...
06:55 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Monday defended his recent attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, saying he wrote the article on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader as a citizen of India. ...
06:33 PM, Feb 18, 2013
A Dalit fights for her Right to Justice, after being harassed because she wanted to study and go to college. ...
04:32 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju's remarks on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi have not gone down well with the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has accused him of being biased. A day after BJP leader Arun Jaitley demanded Katju's resignation, the party yet again attacked him on Monday calling his opinion 'unsolicited' and 'bizarre'. ...
01:20 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Thirty years after the Nellie massacre in Assam, in which almost 1800 people were hacked, the survivors still wait for justice. With most cases dropped by the police, and pittance of compensation paid, the victims have also lost all hope for justice. ...
11:56 AM, Feb 18, 2013
