A 5-year-old was abducted, kept locked up for days and systematically brutalised in New Delhi. The police initially refused to register an FIR and even slapped women protesting against this horrific incident. ...
10:48 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Residents of Chennai say reducing age of consent may create problems. They are also demanding harsher punishments for rapists in the anti-rape Bill. ...
03:53 PM, Mar 14, 2013
There is headway in the anti-rape Bill draft, which is all set to be cleared by the Cabinet after much debate within the ministries. The Cabinet will take it up on Thursday evening. ...
03:47 PM, Mar 14, 2013
After the meeting of the groups of ministers over the anti-rape Bill, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the GoM would meet again on Wednesday and the Bill would reach the Cabinet on Thursday. ...
11:03 PM, Mar 12, 2013
With the Cabinet divided over the government's proposed anti-rape Bill, Karan Thapar on his show 'The Last Word' asked if the confusion and indecisiveness has damaged the government's sincerity and resolve. ...
10:19 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cabinet once again failed to approve the draft of the proposed anti-rape Bill on Tuesday. There are differences in the Cabinet over provisions like reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. A group of ministers will not consider the draft and look into the points of differences and come back to the Cabinet by Wednesday. ...
08:30 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar told CNN-IBN that the anti-rape law needs careful deliberation before it is passed. ...
02:06 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said one of the reasons for not making marital rape an offence under the latest ordinance was that marriage is not deemed to be a contract in India, unlike in other countries. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Even as a strong anti-rape law continued to get delayed, more rapes were reported on Thursday. Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan said, "It's extremely frustrating when I see rapes happening and things not reaching to logical conclusion. I feel as bad as those women who have gone through this. ...
01:58 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
11:52 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Justice JS Verma panel has submitted its report on the changes needed to fight crimes against women and suggested that the maximum punishment for rape should be life imprisonment. ...
09:32 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The Delhi gangrape case has sparked off a new debate with many asking if the time has come to change the laws to ensure a juvenile, convicted in a heinous crime like rape, isn't able to get away with a lighter punishment. While most child activists are of the opinion that there is no need to lower the juvenile age limit, there is also an opinion that an exception could ...
11:02 AM, Jan 04, 2013
CNN-IBN's medical expert Dr Shubham Pant takes a closer look at what is needed. ...
09:24 AM, Jan 04, 2013
After Union Minister Shashi Tharoor sparked a controversy by suggesting that the new anti-rape law should be named by Delhi braveheart, mixed reactions are coming from across India. While some feel that it is wrong to reveal the name of the girl, others think naming a law after her is a real tribute to her. ...
04:13 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Welcoming the Banking Laws Amendment Bill, which allows setting up of new banks in the country, HSBC Indian Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai said more competition always helps. ...
12:51 PM, Dec 19, 2012
The husband of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied abortion, questions the credibility of the Irish government probe. ...
10:41 PM, Nov 22, 2012
There is anger on the streets over arrests of girls on Facebook post as people demand change in laws to check abuse. ...
10:35 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Does the high-handed arrest of two young girls mean it's time to review and revise the IT Act? ...
10:11 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Irish Times reporter Kitty Holland, who first highlighted the case of the pregnant Indian woman's death, talks about the fallout of the incident. ...
11:48 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Pakistani authorities on Monday arrested an 11-year-old Christian girl with Downs' Syndrome after her neighbours claimed that she burnt pages of the Quran. ...
10:48 AM, Aug 21, 2012
