Saturday, December 29, 2012

July blasts in Valley a terror strike: Cops

July blasts in Valley a terror strike: Cops

July blasts in Valley a terror strike: Cops

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:04 PM PST

The Jammu & Kashmir police have claimed that two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed in an encounter on Friday in Pulwama were responsible for a blast on a bus that had killed four tourists in Anantnag in July.

Village takes heart from her fight

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:02 PM PST

Inside the small Shiv mandir in Nirbhaya's village, the lamp lit in prayer for her survival lost meaning 13 days after her struggle to suvive began on December 16.

Didi was my idol, says Nirbhaya’s cousin

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:47 PM PST

Women huddled around a sagging cot in Nirbhaya's parental home. At the centre, Nirbhaya's 19-year-old cousin cradled her wailing grandmother's head, urging her, "be brave."

‘Delhi shutdown showed govt has lost touch with people’

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:39 PM PST

The tone and tenor of the news coverage of Nirbhaya's gangrape and death in other international media too were on similar lines.

A hurt and angry nation demands action

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:29 PM PST

United in grief, teary-eyed people gathered in crowds of thousands to clutches of hundreds across the nation in a rare and spontaneous protest on Saturday hours after news of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim's death broke.

Swelling of brain due to heart attack proved fatal

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:16 PM PST

A cardiac arrest that caused serious swelling of brain finally got better of the fighting spirit of the country's 23-year-old daughter Nirbhaya on Saturday.

Nirbhaya: from victim to the fearless one

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:09 PM PST

The Guru Granth Sahib opens with the Ek Onkar, a mool mantra that says there is but one God, eternal and true. He is also without fear (nirbhau), without enemies (nirvair).

Will not let death go in vain, vow PM, Sonia

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:04 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was deeply saddened by the death of Nirbhaya and promised a review of penal provisions to punish crime against women and urged a debate on societal attitudes so that her death does not go in vain.

Will not let death go in vain, vow PM, Sonia

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:04 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was deeply saddened by the death of Nirbhaya and promised a review of penal provisions to punish crime against women and urged a debate on societal attitudes so that her death does not go in vain.

Blind to what, Your Honour?

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:02 PM PST

It's time for India's courts to gaze inward and throw out deeply embedded patriarchal notions that stop judgements from being fair to women. Sexism within the system has to go before it does more damage in the country, says Indira Jaising.

Shinde pledges maximum punishment to culprits

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:56 PM PST

Condoling death of the gang rape victim, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday pledged to strengthen laws to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

Online world erupts in grief

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:52 PM PST

There were outpourings of grief in cyberspace on Saturday. Once Nirbhaya's death was announced , Facebook and Twitter profiles turned black as a mark of protest against the 'system' . 'RIP Nirbhaya' was the top trending topic on Twitter.

Victim-turned-heroine emerges a potent symbol

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:52 PM PST

On December 16, 23-year old Nirbhaya — as TOI decided to name her — was yet another victim of a brutal gang rape in the national capital, lying on the roadside bloodied and battered.

Army to relax tattoo norm for tribal recruits

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:16 PM PST

Relaxing its tattoo policy to an extent to encourage tribal youth from Naxalite areas of Chhattisgarh to join the armed forces, Indian army has allowed tribals with certain forms of 'Godna' — the ancient tradition of permanent tattoo — to take part in its recruitment rally scheduled to be held at Rajnandgaon from January 7.

Cops in Naxal area to get counselling services

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:08 PM PST

Amid a recent incident of fratricide in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and suicides by police and other staff posted in Naxalite areas, Chhattisgarh police have set up a team comprising Art of Living expert and psychiatrist to provide counselling service to security forces in the Maoist insurgency-affected Bastar region.

RSS member in NIA net for 2006 Malegaon blast

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:04 PM PST

Taking its investigation into the 2006 Malegaon blast forward, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested an RSS member as one of the main planters of the bombs.

Delhi gang rape victim's body brought to Delhi

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:01 PM PST

The body of 23-year-old gang rape victim was brought to India early this morning from Singapore where she died after battling for life for 13 days. | Special

Warning for political class, alarm bells for UPA

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:59 PM PST

The popular outrage over the horrific gang rape in Delhi holds several important lessons for the political class in general and the Congress leadership in particular.

India helps two rescued Pak seafarers to return home

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:46 PM PST

In a humanitarian gesture, two Pakistani seamen, who were rescued from Somali pirates, were lent a helping hand by Indian officials as they returned home.

Sheila Dikshit’s damage control at expense of party backfires

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:41 PM PST

Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit's hasty retreat — after her attempt to identify with public fury over the Nirbhaya case on Saturday — indicates her assault on the Delhi Police and blame shifting with regard to the Centre's control over law and order may not have cut her losses with youthful protestors as hoped.

Doctors question move to shift Delhi gang rape victim to Singapore

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:31 PM PST

The decision to shift her to Singapore was not a medical decision and was based on "direction from the top (government)", said a senior doctor at Safdarjung Hospital, where Nirbhaya was being treated.

Doctors question move to shift girl to Singapore

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:31 PM PST

The decision to shift her to Singapore was not a medical decision and was based on "direction from the top (government)", said a senior doctor at Safdarjung Hospital, where Nirbhaya was being treated.

Different protests, same response, Manmohan government remains frozen in time

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:28 PM PST

The script didn't change for the Manmohan Singh government. After being bushwhacked by the Anna Hazare and Ramdev agitations, it again fumbled as the public upsurge over the Nirbhaya gang rape overwhelmed its enfeebled reflexes.

It should be a lesson to society: Park Street victim

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST

Nirbhaya's death has once again shaken the Park Street rape victim's belief in the country's administrators and lawmakers.

Condolences pour in thick and fast for Nirbhaya

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 01:48 PM PST

Condolences for Nirbhaya flew in thick and fast starting with President Pranab Mukherjee, who described the gang rape victim as a true hero symbolizing the best in Indian youth and women.
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