Kurien may rescue himself from debate on anti-rape ordinance: Sources

Sources have said that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien might recuse himself from debate on anti-rape ordinance in Parliament. ...
12:29 AM, Feb 22, 2013

Kamal Nath to make statement on Kurien issue in RS on Friday Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath will on Friday make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the allegations levied against PJ Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case. ...  
05:45 PM, Feb 21, 2013

Left MPs boycott day 1 of Budget Session, demand Kurien's resignation MPs from the Left parties staged protests in Parliament on Thursday against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien. Even members of the National Federation of Indian Women, a wing of the CPI staged protests outside Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session in Parliament. ...  
01:40 PM, Feb 21, 2013

Charges against me are false: Kurien to Rajya Sabha MPs Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Wednesday wrote to members of the House saying the charges of rape against him were false. He wrote to the Rajya Sabha MPs a day before the Budget Session of Parliament is to begin. ...  
07:27 PM, Feb 20, 2013

Suryanelli rape: PJ Kurien issues defence statement Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Tuesday released a defence in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, with just two days to go for the Budget Session in Parliament. Referring to the Supreme Court judgement which cleared him, he said that his name was not even in the FIR filed in the case. ...  
05:14 PM, Feb 19, 2013

Suryanelli rape case: Cong unlikely to act against Kurien
by IANS
The Congress is unlikely to take any action against Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien, whose name has been dragged into the Suryanelli rape case, a Congress leader said on Monday. ...  
12:22 AM, Feb 19, 2013

News 360: Business empire of chopper deal key middleman Christian Michel unravelled

Christian Michel is said to be the key link in the tainted AgustaWestland chopper deal. ...
10:00 PM, Feb 18, 2013

Cong silent on leaders demeaning Suryanelli rape survivor: Brinda Karat

There is furore over comments by Congress MP K Sudhakar against the Suryanelli gangrape survivor. K Sudhakaran has been criticised after he reportedly called her a prostitute. ...
02:04 PM, Feb 18, 2013

Cong MP calls Suryanelli rape survivor a prostitute There is furore over comments by a Congress MP against the Suryanelli gangrape case survivor. Congress MP K Sudhakaran has been criticised after he reportedly called the survivor a prostitute. He made the controversial comment during a press conference in Muscat. ...  
08:29 AM, Feb 18, 2013

Suryanelli rape: Cong MP's comment on victim kicks up row With Congress leadership under pressure over allegation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, a party MP in the state has kicked up a row by making insulting comments on the rape victim. ...  
06:45 PM, Feb 17, 2013

Suryanelli rape: Absconding convict sent to sub-jail Dharmarajan, the absconding convict in the Suryanelli gangrape case who was arrested from Karnataka, was sent to the sub-jail in Kottayam by the District and Sessions Judge before whom he was produced on Saturday. ...  
07:00 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Suryanelli case: Dharmarajan produced in court Dharmarajan, the absconding convict in the Suryanelli gangrape case who was arrested from Karnataka, was sent to the sub-jail here by the District and Sessions Judge before whom he was produced on Saturday. The third accused in the 17-year-old case, Dharmarajan was arrested Friday by a special team of Kerala Police, three days after his interview to a Malayalam TV channel from an undisclosed location, wherein he alleged that Rajya...  
01:45 PM, Feb 16, 2013

News 360: Ex-MDLR airhostess Geetika Sharma's mother commits suicide

Geetika Sharma had committed suicide last year and in her suicide note, she had alleged harassment by former Haryana Home Minister Gopal Kanda. ...
10:13 PM, Feb 15, 2013

Kerala CM rules out re-investigation in Suryanelli rape case Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy on Friday ruled out re-investigation in the Suryanelli gangrape case. The state government had on Wednesday received legal opinions that there was no need to re-investigate the case as the victim was repeating the charge she had earlier raised and there was nothing in her new revelation. ...  
05:59 PM, Feb 15, 2013

Suryanelli case: Key convict Dharmarajan taken into custody The third accused in the Suryanelli rape case, SS Dharmarajan, was taken into custody by a special team of the Kerala police on Friday. Dharmarajan was arrested from an undisclosed location in Karnataka and will be brought to the special court in Kotayam where he will be presented before the magistrate. Dharmarajan, who was granted bail in 2005, had been absconding since then. ...  
01:09 PM, Feb 15, 2013

News 360: Italian probe into chopper deal reveals how money reached Tyagi's cousin

The Italian probe report into the AgustaWestland chopper deal has explained how the kickback money in the deal reached the cousins of former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi. ...
09:34 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Suryanelli gangrape: Is Cong trying hard to defend Kurien? Just as the Congress party prepares to defend Rajya Sabha MP PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case, it faced yet another embarrassment in Kerala. This time around, it was Union Minister Vayalar Ravi who made some sexist comments to a female journalist. When she asked him about Kurien, Ravi's response was shocking. In the video, he was seen asking the reporter if she has had a personal problem with...  
07:51 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Suryanelli gangrape case: Kurien meets Sonia in Delhi Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, facing allegations in Suryanelli gangrape case, met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday. Kurien had earlier sought appointment with Sonia to discuss the 1996 case. ...  
02:15 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Protests over Vayalar Ravi's sexist remarks There is outrage in Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi was caught on video making a personal swipe at a female reporter who wanted his reaction to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien's alleged involvement in the Suryanelli gangrape case. ...  
02:05 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Vayalar Ravi seen making sexist remarks at a female reporter There was an outrage in Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi was caught on video making a personal swipe at a female reporter who wanted his reaction on PJ Kurien's alleged involvement in the 1996 Suryanelli gangrape case. ...  
12:09 PM, Feb 14, 2013