The Akali Dal government in Punjab has finally taken strong action in the Amritsar molestation case. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has ordered the dismissal of all the policemen who ran away from the spot instead of taking on the accused in the Amritsar case, in which, a policeman was allegedly shot dead as he tried to save his daughters from molesters. ...
03:07 PM, Dec 11, 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
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Rani Mukerji's brother Raja, who was arrested in Versova on Sunday after a small-time television actress accused him of molesting her, was granted bail on Monday on a surety of Rs 10,000. According to the victim, the incident happened when she had gone to meet Raja to narrate a script. The police said that Raja, who is a producer, tried to molest the starlet in his car....
05:45 PM, Oct 15, 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
Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier's bail plea in connection with a molestation case till August 30. Mazurier was accused by his wife of molesting their three-year-old daughter, following which a case was filed against him. Mazurier is currently lodged in the Parapana Agrahara jail. ...
01:19 PM, Aug 21, 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
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
Guwahati: In a dramatic twist in the Guwahati molestation case, the journalist of NewsLive TV, Gaurav Jyoti Neog, was arrested on Friday evening. Neog was at the spot at the time of the incident and had recorded it. Neog has been booked under 11 counts including intention to insult the modesty of a woman, obscene act and disturbing public tranquility. Recently Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi had accused Neog of...
06:55 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Guwahati: Gaurav Jyoti Neog, the TV journalist of News Live channel, who allegedly shot the video of the molestation of a girl in Guwahati on July 9, has been arrested. Neog had been accused by Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi of allegedly instigating the mob. The Gauhati High Court on Thursday rejected Neog's anticipatory bail petition. The police booked Neog after questioning him for allegedly concealing facts about the investigation....
07:34 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail petition of the reporter of a news channel who allegedly shot the video of the molestation of a girl here on July 9. Justice CR Sarma on Thursday rejected the petition of Gaurav Jyoti Neog of News Live channel and has been accused by Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi of orchestrating the incident. Neog was questioned by police. The bench...
05:50 PM, Jul 20, 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
Guwahati: The electronic media in Assam on Sunday demanded a high-level probe into the allegations by RTI activist Akhil Gogoi against a local news channel scribe of instigating the molestation of a girl by anti-social elements in the city causing public outcry. "We urge Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds charge of the home department, to initiate a collective analysis of all the footage of the incident and initiate...
02:53 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Guwahati: Six days after the dignity of a young girl of 17 was shattered and ripped apart in full public view by a mob of around 20 men at a busy road in Guwahati on Monday, the state police has managed to arrest only four of the accused till Sunday morning. The Guwahati police are still on the lookout for the seven men who were part of the mob that...
08:42 AM, Jul 15, 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
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday set a 48 hour deadline for the state police to nab the culprits in the horrific public molestation of a minor at a busy road in Guwahati on Monday night for full 30 minutes by a mob of around 20 men. Nearly 13 of the 20 men have been identified from the footage of the incident, which was shot by a...
01:29 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
