Monday, December 31, 2012

Saddened India tones down New Year revelry

Saddened India tones down New Year revelry


Saddened India tones down New Year revelry

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:52 AM PST

'Amanat' case: Delhi Police names 30 witnesses in chargesheet

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:44 AM PST

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde writes to political parties on changes required in rape laws

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:27 AM PST

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has written to all political parties for suggestions on what changes can be incorporated in present laws to make punishment for rape more stringent.


Delhi government announces a job, Rs 15 lakhs for 'Amanat's' family

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST

Amanat, 23, died of the horrific injuries she received during a one-hour attack of unmitigated depravity by six men. Her male companion and she were assaulted with an iron rod before she was raped by...


Poll panel to visit Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:52 AM PST

Worried 'Amanat' had alerted family to missing phone, ATM card

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:39 AM PST

She was called Nirbhaya (fearless), Damini (lightning - after a character from a 1990s Bollywood movie who fights for justice) and Amanat (treasure) by the Indian media following her brave fight again...


Justice for 'Amanat': protesters say movement will continue

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 01:27 AM PST

After the 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped in a moving bus, was cremated in Delhi the protesters demanding justice to her and better security for women vowed to keep alive the movement ...


'Amanat' case: She left but has shaken our conscience, says Sushma Swaraj

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:51 PM PST

Rapper Honey Singh's lyrics vulgar and offensive, stop his show: Activists to hotel

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:41 PM PST

Rapper Honey Singh has been a chart-topper this year, and he had two songs on YouTube's list of top 10 most-popular videos of 2012 for India. An online petition is demanding the cancellation of the si...


Bijal Joshi gang-rape case: relief for family as High Court upholds conviction of accused

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:25 PM PST

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of five people accused of gang-raping Bijal Joshi in Ahmedabad eight years ago, bringing a sense of relief to a country which is witnessing wi...


Grief-stricken parents of rape accused lock themselves up

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:11 PM PST

Saryug Singh, father of Delhi gang-rape accused Akshay Thakur, has locked himself in his house along with his wife and security men deputed outside saying they hear frequent wails from inside since th...


'Time to engage- wake up, leaders,' say angry protests in Delhi

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:38 PM PST

Horror at a deadly gang-rape that appalled the nation has turned to anger in New Delhi, where a leaden-footed government is accused of being out of touch and out of ideas in handling its latest crisis...


Helpline 181 for women in Delhi fails to launch, despite ads and hype

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:14 PM PST

Indian man found dead in US, homicide investigation launched

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:12 PM PST

Patrick Suckling appointed as Australia's next envoy to India

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:54 PM PST

India Women March: 'That girl could have been any one of us'

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:06 PM PST

Neha Kaul Mehra says she was only 7 years old the first time she was sexually harassed. She was walking to a dance class in an affluent neighbourhood of New Delhi when a man confronted her and began o...


BJP leader who wanted skirts banned is gifted one by students

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:06 PM PST

Angry school girls and women agitators - livid over Alwar BJP MLA Banwari Lal Singhal's statement that girls should not wear skirts - held demonstrations outside his house and handed him a skirt in pr...

Delhi gang-rape case: Police likely to receive forensic, DNA report today

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:47 PM PST

The Delhi Police is expected to receive the forensic and DNA results in the gang-rape case of the 23-year-old medical student, who died in Singapore on Saturday. The results will establish the presenc...


Cold wave in Uttar Pradesh claims 69 lives

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:20 PM PST

Seven more people fell prey to biting cold wave in Uttar Pradesh where death toll due to the harsh weather touched 69 on Sunday, while most other parts of North India also shivered and fog disrupted r...


Justice for 'Amanat': protests continue in Delhi

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:16 PM PST

Engineering student alleges rape in Haryana, accused arrested

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:51 PM PST

An engineering student at a private college in Kurukshetra, Haryana, has been accused of raping his classmate, a Dalit girl, on Friday. Police say the accused has been arrested on the basis of the gir...


Khaps oppose death penalty for rapists

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:30 AM PST

Two women injured in acid attack in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:06 AM PST

Delhi gang-rape case: Nation-wide protests demand speedy justice

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:02 AM PST

Delhi-like incident won't happen in Goa: Manohar Parrikar

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:29 AM PST

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said an incident such as the recent gang-rape in Delhi would not happen in his state, because police there had been asked to show zero tolerance to offences a...


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