Nearly two weeks after a Swiss national was gangraped in Madhya Pradesh's Datia, the trial in the case is set to begin on Saturday. On Tuesday, the police filed the chargesheet against the six accused, who were arrested soon after the incident. In order to prove the charges against the accused, police said they would count more on the scientific evidence than traditional methods like identification parade. ...
07:39 AM, Mar 30, 2013
A 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by two youths on Tuesday, has set herself on fire in Bajrangarh village of the district. ...
03:27 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Two women and a minor girl were allegedly gangraped in Bhind, Shajapur and Vidisha districts of the state respectively, the police said on Friday. ...
09:21 PM, Mar 29, 2013
In order to prove the charges against the accused in the March 15 Swiss woman gangrape case, police said they would count more on the scientific evidence than traditional methods like identification parade. ...
04:35 PM, Mar 29, 2013
The Datia police have filed a chargesheet against six accused in a local court, for allegedly gangraping a Swiss woman on March 16 in a forest, the police said. It was perhaps for the first time that a chargesheet in a gangrape case was filed without any test identification parade (TIP) of the accused. ...
03:13 PM, Mar 27, 2013
In wake of the alleged gangrape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district recently, the state government has decided to constitute a special police force for the safety and security of foreign tourists. ...
06:25 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Police department officials confirmed that four black bucks were hunted down by poachers in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. ...
06:15 PM, Mar 25, 2013
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday hit out at the government saying "increasing corruption" and price rise will "sink" the UPA and its continuance at the Centre was just a matter of days. ...
10:14 PM, Mar 24, 2013
A Jain sadhvi was allegedly molested and assaulted by her neighbour after she was kidnapped from her father's house at Mau town in the district by unidentified persons, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on March 18 when unidentified persons abducted the sadhvi from her father's house and took her to the place of one Ashok Dhobi who stays nearby, they said. ...
11:49 PM, Mar 23, 2013
With the death of one more person, the number of swine flu deaths in Indore has gone up to twelve since January 2013, a medical officer said on Saturday. A 35-year-old man from Sukhaliya Colony, who was admitted to CHL hospital here on March 20, died of swine flu on Friday, the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) official Dr GL Sodhi said. ...
03:48 PM, Mar 23, 2013
The partner of the 39-year-old Swiss woman tourist, gangraped in Datia district last week, on Tuesday recognised his belongings looted by the six accused arrested in connection with the crime. "The victim's partner arrived alone in Datia this evening and was asked to recognise only his belongings and not the accused in the presence of Basai Tehsildar Deepak Kumar Shukla", Deputy Inspector General of Police (Chambal Range), DK Arya said....
11:09 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Madhya Pradesh Assembly was Tuesday adjourned sine die three days before schedule following ruckus and uproarious scenes created by Opposition Congress demanding resignation of Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta, on the issue of gangrape of a Swiss woman in Datia district. ...
02:01 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Britain has advised its female tourists to be cautious while travelling in India in the wake of the rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh last week. "Our travel advice states that women should use caution if travelling alone in India. Reported cases of sexual assault against women and young girls are increasing; recent sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas and cities show that foreign women are...
09:59 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A 53-year-old man facing trial for raping his tenant in 2012, allegedly committed suicide at his house in Indore while on bail, police said on Monday. However, family members of Roopkishore, who hanged himself at his residence at Ganeshdham Colony on Sunday, claimed that he blamed the 33-year-old woman for falsely implicating him in the rape case and demanding his property to settle the case, in his suicide note. ...
05:20 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Congressmen all over Madhya Pradesh staged demonstrations at various district headquarters in the state on Monday protesting against the gangrape of a Swiss national in Datia district on March 15. The two-hour demonstrations were peaceful and marked by presentation of memorandum demanding the resignation of Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta for his failure to prevent the incident. ...
05:15 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A US woman tourist was arrested for allegedly trespassing in the prohibited area of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, official sources said on Monday. ...
03:04 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was on Monday adjourned for the day following uproar by Opposition Congress demanding Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta's resignation on the issue of gangrape of a Swiss woman in Datia district on March 15. ...
03:03 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Swiss national, who was gangraped in Madhya Pradesh on March 15 has said she and her husband will continue to stay in the country for the moment while expressing readiness to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation and identification process. ...
02:57 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Opposition Congress will stage statewide protests on Monday over the gangrape of a Swiss woman in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 18, 2013
The Datia Police have arrested six people in connection with the alleged gangrape of a Swiss national even as the Madhya Pradesh Home Minister said the couple should have informed the police about their travel plans for additional security. The suspects - six members of a nomadic tribe in the area - have been arrested and a stolen laptop and a mobile phone have been seized from them. ...
09:18 PM, Mar 17, 2013
