New Delhi: In yet another shocking crime, two minor sisters were allegedly raped by their mother's paramour who was living in their house in New Delhi, the police said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Rakesh Mishra, 35, a motor mechanic, has been arrested. "The man had been staying in the victims' house in Shahbad Dairy area in north Delhi for the past one year and raped the sisters aged...
07:54 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the richter scale hit Afghanistan on Wednesday. Tremors were also felt in parts of Pakistan including Lahore, Abbotabad, Sargodha, Islamabad, Kasur, Peshawar, Swat and Parachinar as well as in North India including New Delhi and Kashmir. There were no initial reports of any damages. While the Pakistan Met department put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.2, the USGS put its magnitude at...
03:17 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Protests against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital went on unabated on Monday despite the arrest of a second accused in the case. ...
09:43 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old minor girl continued for a second day in the national capital even as the accused in the case was produced in a court and remanded to judicial custody till May 14. ...
11:24 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi suggested a concept of collaborative policing to lessen the crime rates in Delhi. ...
07:45 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Anger continued to rise in New Delhi over the rape of a 5-year-old, with protesters demonstrating near India Gate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and police headquarters at ITO. ...
07:13 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Delhi: The Parliament is all set to resume the second part of the Budget session on Monday after a four-week long recess. The Budget session, which began on February 22, will conclude on May 10. The stage seems set for a stormy session, with Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Sunday suggesting punishing MPs who indulge in hooliganism. His proposals for restoration of the dignity of Parliament were,...
06:40 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Kiran Bedi demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi "has again exposed the failure of police training and reform in India", Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. "Enacting strong laws are simply a first step but it needs the government to focus urgently on implementation if it is serious about protecting children and other victims of sexual abuse," it said. "The inadequate response of the police has become...
03:18 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Over 30 BJP women activists were detained on Sunday when they staged a protest outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence against the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. The activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Sonia's 10, Janpath residence. They broke the barricades near Sonia's residence, but prevented from moving forward. However, the protesters, numbering around 75, were detained...
02:38 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi, country's first woman IPS officer and social activist, on Sunday demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. She said the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Chief Secretary DP Spolia and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
10:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl attempted suicide Saturday after being allegedly gangraped by eight men, four of whom are known to her. She is in ICU in serious condition, the family said. Three of the accused have been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl, who was abducted March 15 by the men and released after nine days, consumed an overdose of sleeping pills in the morning at her house in...
11:33 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by eight men, four of whom were known to her, police said on Saturday. The incident comes even as the capital is witnessing outrage over the horrific rape of a five-year-old girl. Three of the eight men have been arrested. The survivor and her 12-year-old brother were abducted by two men known to her on March 15 from outside her house at...
10:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Saturday signed its biggest ever joint venture agreement with India involving investment $1.6 billion for 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant which is expected to be operational in the next five years. "This will be the largest investment Bangladesh ever had ... this will be cheapest source of energy (after hydropower) to accelerate the country s economic growth," Prime Minister's energy affairs adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said at the...
10:07 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Protesters took to the street in the national capital on Saturday, demanding justice for the 5-year-old, who was brutally raped, assaulted, nearly killed and kept captive by a man in east Delhi, bringing back memories of the events that unfolded after the rape of a 23-year-old woman. ...
09:47 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday visited AIIMS hospital to enquire about the minor girl who was raped allegedly by her neighbour in east Delhi. Gandhi went to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and visited the girl in her room. She inquired about the victim's treatment and progress from doctors, and spoke with the parents of the victim. The rape victim was shifted to AIIMS on...
08:27 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Anger over the rape of a minor girl in Delhi kept rising in the national capital even as several protesters took to the streets demanding justice. BJP veteran LK Advani on Saturday called the incident shocking. ...
07:54 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: India and China are in touch to resolve the situation arising out of deep incursion by Chinese troops who entered the Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post. According to government sources, the issue was raised by India after the incident came to light some time ago. "This is an area where there have been differing perceptions of the...
05:58 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Taking positive cues from the global market and rising physical demand in spot markets at prevailing levels, gold continued its recovery, rising by nearly one per cent to Rs 26,069 per 10 gm in futures trade on Saturday. Besides, covering-up by speculators who had created huge short positions, also helped gold to trade higher at futures trade. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, the most-active delivery in June contracts...
04:30 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: A 25-year-old youth allegedly involved in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi was arrested in Muzzaffarpur in Bihar by the police on early Saturday morning. 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. Manoj is now being brought to Delhi on a transit remand. The girl was raped and brutalised for...
07:34 AM, Apr 20, 2013
