Saturday, December 29, 2012

94 per cent of rape victims in Hyderabad were known to the accused: Police

94 per cent of rape victims in Hyderabad were known to the accused: Police

94 per cent of rape victims in Hyderabad were known to the accused: Police

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 08:08 PM PST

Total number of crimes reported in Hyderabad city rose to 16,776 in 2012 compared to 16,112 cases in last year, a top police officer said today.

Traffic restrictions in place around India Gate; 10 Metro stations remain closed

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 06:05 PM PST

The traffic restrictions imposed by the Delhi Police around India Gate remain in force today as well.

Woman allegedly groped in candlelight vigil in Mumbai

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST

A young woman was allegedly groped by a man at a candlelight vigil today in Mumbai that was held to mourn the death of the 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped by a group of men in a moving...

Body of 'India's Daughter' brought back to Delhi from Singapore

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:06 PM PST

A special Air India aircraft carrying the body landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport at around 3.30 am. The body was taken out of the airport in an ambulance of a private hospital thr...

Delhi's chilly winters: tales of despair, debt and hope on the streets

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 11:31 AM PST

Eight-year-old Govind is busy helping his father cook food on a makeshift hearth on the pavement, when he suddenly gets up and runs across the street. There are at least 20 others like him, who make a...

Teenage gang-rape victim attempts suicide in Ahmedabad

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 09:41 AM PST

A minor gang-rape victim allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison at her residence today, police said.

Kiran Bedi offers to train Delhi Police, says 'scene will change in 90 days'

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 07:50 AM PST

Former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi today offered to be an honorary trainer for the personnel of Delhi Police in crime prevention.

10 Metro stations in Delhi to remain closed on Sunday as well

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 07:41 AM PST

Ten Metro stations in Central Delhi, which were closed down on Saturday for an indefinite period, will be out of bounds for the public on Sunday as well to prevent agitators from reaching India Gate t...

Delhi gang-rape case: Hyderabad mourns for 'Amanat'

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 06:43 AM PST

Scores of people, mostly students, held a candle light vigil at Tank Bund here this evening condoling death of the 23-year-old student 'Amanat' (NOT her real name).

Thousands of candles and prayers at sunset for 'India's Daughter'

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:00 AM PST

At sunset, more than a thousand candles offered a sombre glow at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the designated location for protests against the death of a young medical student, who was gang-raped on a movi...

Indore man alleges unauthorised drug trial on infant daughter

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:37 AM PST

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will investigate allegations by a man that drug trials were conducted on his new-born child at Chacha Nehru Child Hospital in Indore in 2...

Her fight is India's fight: 13 days that stirred the nation

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:29 AM PST

From December 16, when the 23-year-old was raped in a moving bus in Delhi, to December 29, when she died of her grievous injuries in a Singapore hospital, a sequence of 13 days that stopped a nation i...

Wearing skirts to school causes sexual harassment: BJP politician

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:46 AM PST

A BJP legislator in Rajasthan wants the state government to prohibit private schools from making girls wear skirts as uniform, citing it as the reason behind increased cases of sexual harassment.

Protests for 'Amanat': Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit forced to return

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:15 AM PST

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit showed up this afternoon at the large protest in Delhi called in memory of the 23-year-old student who died in a Singapore hospital from the horrific injuries she i...

Inside Tihar Jail, men arrested for raping student are moved to high-security cells

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:05 AM PST

Five of the six men arrested for the murderous attack on a 23-year-old student in a moving bus are being kept in a high-security part of Tihar Jail in Delhi, a precaution taken after the student died ...

Protest marches in Karnataka, anguish over medical student's death

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 12:41 AM PST

Emotions ran high in parts of Karnataka following the death of the medical student, who was brutally assaulted and gang-raped in Delhi on December 16, with people, particularly women, demanding string...

Allow protests at India Gate, says Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:37 PM PST

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has asked Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to lift restrictions on holding peaceful demonstration in memory of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim in and around India...

Large crowds gather in silent, peaceful protests at Jantar Mantar

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:34 PM PST

Hundreds gathered in the heart of the Indian capital on Saturday following the death of the medical student in Singapore even as security forces sealed off India Gate and nearby areas.

Your face does not merit a rape complaint, says lady cop to victim

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:07 PM PST

"Tumhara chehra rape ka FIR karne layak nahin hain." A woman who turned to the cops to lodge an FIR against a man who had duped her into a live-in relationship was turned away by a female police offic...

Delhi doubles night service buses

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:41 AM PST

Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami on Thursday flagged off 47 more night service buses, a move intended to provide safe public transport in the wake of the December 16 gang-rape.
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