Chargesheet filed against six for Swiss woman's gang-rape
Mar 27, 2013
Anti-rape bill: watered down by politics?
Mar 18, 2013
Is India no country for women?
Mar 18, 2013
Will a hurried anti-rape law do more harm than good?
Mar 18, 2013
Delhi gang-rape accused being poisoned, lawyer tells court
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013
An accused in the gang-rape case of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi onboard a moving bus on December 16 has been vomiting blood as his "food was being poisoned" over several weeks in Tihar Jail, his lawyer told a fast-track court today, adding that he wa...
Edited by Janaki Fernandes (with inputs from agencies) | Friday May 3, 2013
The Supreme Court today said that the interview to a private channel given by the friend of the 23-year-old student, who was gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, cannot be used as evidence in the case.
Girl allegedly gangraped in moving car, slapped by doctor
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2013
A college girl was abducted and allegedly gangraped in a moving car by four men in Colonelganj area of Allahabad.
Two tourists held, one sexually assaulted on public transport van in Brazil
Associated Press | Monday April 1, 2013
Two foreign tourists were held for hours, brutalized and one of them sexually assaulted aboard a public transport van they boarded in Rio de Janeiro's showcase Copacabana beach neighbourhood, police said in a statement.
Swiss woman's gang-rape: trial to begin today
Edited by Surabhi Malik (With Inputs from PTI) | Saturday March 30, 2013
Two weeks after a Swiss national was gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh' Datia district, the trial in the case will begin at a local court there today.
Delhi gang-rape accused gets parole to attend Ram Singh's funeral
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday March 22, 2013
One of the four men being tried for the murder and gang-rape of a Delhi student will be allowed to attend the funeral service of his brother, Ram Singh, the alleged mastermind of the case who hung himself in Tihar Jail earlier this month.
Blog: Making a case for tougher anti-stalking laws
David Lalmalsawma, Reuters | Thursday March 21, 2013
Should any well-meaning law proposed in a democratic parliament be shelved because it risks being misused in some form?
Swiss gang-rape case: chaos in Madhya Pradesh Assembly
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Monday March 18, 2013
The Assembly in Madhya Pradesh is in complete disarray with demands of resignation of the state Home Minister after the shocking gang-rape of a Swiss tourist in Datia district on Friday.
New anti-rape laws: 16 as new age of consent divides parties
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 18, 2013
An all-party meet on the anti-rape bill, which seeks to provide stricter punishment for crimes against women, has ended inconclusively. Another meeting is scheduled at 12:30 pm. The government has only till March 22 when Parliament goes into recess t...
Anti-rape bill likely to face hurdles in all-party meet
Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 18, 2013
The anti-rape bill, aimed to provide stricter punishment for crimes against women, is currently being discussed in an all-party meeting. The bill, which proposes to lower the age of consent from 18 years to 16 years, was cleared by the Cabinet on Thu...
Swiss woman gang-rape case: six arrested by Madhya Pradesh Police
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (with inputs from PTI) | Sunday March 17, 2013
The Madhya Pradesh Police has arrested six persons in connection with the gang-rape of a 39-year-old Swiss national on Friday. They have also recovered the stolen laptop and mobile phone of the Swiss couple from the arrested persons.
Gang-rape accused charge sheeted in robbery case
Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013
Delhi police filed a charge sheet against the accused in the December 16 gang-rape case in a separate case of robbery lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the medical student.
Police had info about possible attack on Ram Singh, other suspects: sources
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday March 13, 2013
Two months ago, the Delhi Police allegedly intercepted calls from a Tihar Jail inmate, who was illegally using the phone of a jail employee. In one conversation the inmate, say sources, hinted that there could be an attack on the five men accused of ...
Delhi gang-rape case: four other accused write to Home Minister, demand more security
Reported by Tanima Biswas, edited by Samira Shaikh | Tuesday March 12, 2013
After Ram Singh, one of the men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in Delhi was found hanging in his Tihar Jail cell yesterday, four other men facing trial in the case and lodged at Tihar have written to the Home Minister and Delhi's p...
Eight suspects in Constable Tomar's death are innocent, says police
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 12, 2013
Delhi Police on Tuesday gave a clean chit to eight people booked in constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests in New Delhi in December last year.