Amidst the outrage over crimes against women in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the safety and security of women was the government's highest concern. Speaking at the National Development Council meet in the national capital, the Prime Minister said, "Growing threats to safety and security to women are a concern. We must reflect on this problem which occurs in all regions of our country." ...
11:15 AM, Dec 27, 2012
As the nation focuses on women's saftey following the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old in Delhi, the Mumbai administration is putting some measures in place. Outrage over the Delhi gangrape has also highlighted the safety of women this festive season in Mumbai. Mumbai's new year celebrations have been marred in the past with incidents like the Juhu and Gateway molestation cases. So the city police has decided to take a...
09:53 AM, Dec 27, 2012
There has been yet another gangrape in Delhi. A 42-year-old woman from Jaipur was allegedly gangraped by three people on Wednesday night in South Delhi. The police registered a case on Wednesday night against three people, out of which one person has been reportedly detained. ...
08:04 AM, Dec 27, 2012
The 23-year-old Delhi gangrape survivor has been flown Singapore for further treatment. She landed in Singapore on Thursday morning and was admitted to the ICU of the Mount Elizabeth hospital that specialises in multi-organ transplant procedures. ...
07:39 AM, Dec 27, 2012
A 40-year-old differently-abled woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 28-year-old man in Kolkata inside a stationary bus at a depot, which is close to a police station. The locals handed over the accused to two policemen, but the accused gave them the slip and fled from the spot. ...
08:24 AM, Dec 26, 2012
The 23-year-old gangrape survivor's health remains a big concern. Doctors say she remains in a critical condition in Safdarjung Hospital. On Monday night, her condition took a turn for the worse as doctors indicated she had more internal bleeding. But on the positive side, doctors say she is responding to treatment. ...
10:05 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Anti-rape protesters in Delhi promise to continue their agitation, fighting for women's safety. There's no Christmas holiday for the protesters who say they are in it in the long run. ...
07:50 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Every road leading to India Gate, the centre of protests over the past few days, was barricaded on Monday to stop protestors from coming there. ...
08:40 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Keenan Santos's father Valerian Santos wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of women's safety, in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape and protests thereafter. Keenan Santos and his friend Reuben Fernandes were stabbed to death by a mob for taking on a man who had harassed their female friends in Mumbai in October 2011. ...
08:00 PM, Dec 24, 2012
As the outrage over the Delhi gangrape incident continued, the chief of Andhra Pradesh unit of Congress on Monday courted controversy over his remark that women should not "roam" the streets in the night just because India got Independence at midnight. ...
06:56 PM, Dec 24, 2012
As the outrage over the Delhi gangrape incident continued, the chief of Andhra Pradesh unit of Congress on Monday courted controversy over his remark that women should not "roam" the streets in the night just because India got Independence at midnight. ...
06:56 PM, Dec 24, 2012
With the increasing popularity of smartphones, women have a friend at hand in times of distress. ...
02:06 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Many anti-rape protesters, including women, were lathicharged by policemen at India Gate after the protest took a violent turn. Over 140 people were inured as police also fired tear gas shells and water cannons on protesters. One policeman was also injured and was critical. ...
01:27 PM, Dec 24, 2012
CNN-IBN is making an effort doing its bit to appeal for calm and offers a few suggestions which the government could take up. ...
11:35 AM, Dec 24, 2012
A day after the police crackdown on anti-rape protesters at India Gate, the police have now cleared the media from India Gate and Rashtrapati Bhawan. All media vans have been removed from the two locations and the policemen have told the media that they could not assemble there as Section 144 was in place. All the roads leading to India Gate have also been heavily barricaded. ...
08:47 AM, Dec 24, 2012
The father of the Delhi gangrape survivor has appealed for calm and has said that her daughter's tormentors deserve death penalty. As the angry protesters continued with their agitation in New Delhi on Sunday, the father of the 23-year-old paramedical student said his daughter is a "fighter" and he is confident she will "overcome all obstacles". ...
08:05 AM, Dec 24, 2012
It's the morning after the police crackdown on the anti-rape protesters at India Gate. The government has apologised for it, but says that it cannot allow protests at India Gate. Adamant protesters, however, have said that they will be back. ...
07:43 AM, Dec 24, 2012
