Delhi Metro says think before you drink
May 11, 2013
Is sexual repression leading to more rapes?
Apr 27, 2013
Will criminalising porn address problem of sex crimes?
Apr 24, 2013
In Delhi, porn available for just Rs 40
Apr 24, 2013
Teenager thrown out of moving train in Meerut
Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013
A 17-year-old youth was thrown out of a moving train near Valeedpur village in Meerut by three men after an argument over a window seat, police said on Friday.
Delhi Metro says think before you drink
Reported by Sonal Mehrotra; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 11, 2013
Drunk driving is a punishable crime, but can passengers on Delhi's Metro be hauled up for riding drunk? Well, DMRC or Delhi Metro Rail Corporation certainly seems to think so.
New India sex crime laws not tough enough: UN rapportuer
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 1, 2013
The UN Special Rapporteur quoted one person on her trip as describing violence against women as spanning the "life cycle from womb to the tomb".
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 29, 2013
Amid public anger over a series of rapes of young children in Delhi, the city's Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is expected to lose his job soon. Sources said the government will announce his exit this week.
In Delhi, man killed for not paying restaurant bill of Rs.180
Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2013
A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten and flung to death from the third floor of a residential building after failing to pay Rs 180 to a restaurant owner, police said today.
How do children below 18 have Facebook accounts: High Court asks govt to explain
Press Trust of India | Thursday April 25, 2013
The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre's response on a plea questioning how children below the age of 18 years are allowed to open an account on social networking sites including Facebook, even though Indian laws do not permit it.
Sunny Leone, John Abraham on porn debate
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 24, 2013
Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny became one of the most searched names on the Internet in India when she arrived in 2011 to appear in a reality TV series. Since then, she's starred in erotic thriller Jism 2 and features in a raunchy item number called '...
78,000 prosecuted in Delhi for failing to remove tinted glasses from vehicles
Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 23, 2013
Around 78,000 people were prosecuted in the national capital for failing to remove tinted glasses from their vehicles this year, government said today.
Justice JS Verma, who headed the anti-rape law panel, dies
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Tuesday April 23, 2013
Former Chief Justice of India Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed a three-member panel to examine laws on crimes against women, died today due to multiple organ failure. He was 80.
Rape cases went up by 158 per cent this year in Delhi
Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2013
Delhi has witnessed a surge in crime against women this year with rape cases recording 158 per cent rise while molestation and eve-teasing incidents went up by 600 and over 700 per cent, respectively.
Delhi child rape case: Home Minister, Police Commissioner must quit, says Arvind Kejriwal
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday April 22, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal, activist-turned-politician, has said Delhi's police chief Neeraj Kumar must resign for failing to curb crime against women in the capital.
Despite PM's appeal, protests stall Parliament
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday April 22, 2013
In an effort to ensure that the Rajya Sabha functions, Chairman Hamid Ansari has offered structured debates on all issues that the opposition wants to raise. He has already allowed a discussion on growing crime against women after the Opposition crea...
Blog: A father whose teen daughter was raped fights alone, ignored
Sandeep Phukan | Sunday April 21, 2013
As political journalist, one cliche that we often use: a week is a long time in politics. But this week sadly reminds us that it is true of horrific crimes as well. As Delhi prays and expresses outrage for the five-year-old, I am reminded of a story ...
Delhi rape accused says another person was involved: sources
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday April 21, 2013
The 22-year-old man who kidnapped, brutally raped and mutilated a five-year-old girl in Delhi earlier this week has told the Delhi Police that another person was involved in the crime, sources have told NDTV.
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday April 21, 2013
There is growing anger on the streets of the national capital over the savage rape of a five-year-old girl, who was kidnapped, mutilated and left to die by her 22-year-old neighbour.
