Amanat Dies

• 'Amanat' case: accused were on suicide watch since January, officials claimed

  Early in January, just days after the medical student they were accused of raping died in a Singapore hospital, the five men in Tihar Jail accused of raping and murdering her appeared to be depressed and were out on "suicide watch," jail officials had said.

• Delhi gang-rape case: Singapore hospital doctors to depose before fast-track court from today

  Three doctors from Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital, where the 23-year-old medical student gang-raped in a Delhi bus in December died of her injuries, will depose in the case, beginning this afternoon.

• Delhi gang-rape case: Singapore hospital doctors to depose before fast-track court from today

  Three doctors of Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital where a medical student gangraped in Delhi died of her injuries will, beginning Monday, depose before a special fast-track court hearing the case.

• Delhi gang-rape: She died but awakened the nation, says medical student's father

  As the trial of five men for raping and murdering a medical student began at a special court in Delhi, her father said at a press conference, "I have not been able to sleep for three days."

• Delhi gang-rape case: software engineer goes to court in wheelchair to testify

  The software engineer who tried to stop his friend, a medical student, from being gang-raped on a bus in Delhi in December arrived in court this morning in a wheelchair. He will testify today again in a special fast-track court against the five men accused of raping and murdering the student, who died two weeks after the horrific assault which tri...

• Delhi gang-rape case: Amanat's family seeks appointment with Sonia Gandhi

  The family of a 23-year-old medical student, who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi on December 16 and died two weeks later, has sought an appointment with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

• Delhi government gives Rs 15 lakh to 'Amanat's' father

  Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit handed over a cheque of Rs 15 lakh as ex-gratia to the father of the 23-year-old student who died after being brutally gang-raped by six men on December 16 last year.

• Justice JS Verma panel's recommendations on sexual crime laws

  A three-member commission assigned to review laws for sexual crimes has submitted its report to the government on Wednesday. The panel was set up amid huge demonstrations by thousands of students who demanded tougher punishment for sexual offenders after the monstrous attack on 23-year-old Amanat (NOT her real name). She died two weeks after she wa...

• 'Amanat' case: Never felt I should quit, says Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar

  Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar today said that he never felt that he should quit after the case of Amanat (NOT her real name), a 23-year-old medical student who was gang-raped and brutally beaten up inside a moving bus in Delhi on December 16. She died on December 29 in a hospital in Singapore.

• 'Amanat' case: why isn't Delhi's top cop accountable, asks High Court

  The Delhi High Court today asked the capital's police force why its top officer is not being held accountable for the barbarous gang-rape of a student on a moving bus in Delhi last month. She died nearly two weeks later; five men have been charged with her rape and murder.

• Gang-rape victim's father wants her name revealed

  The father of the 23-year-old medical student, who died after being brutally gang-raped in Delhi, has said he wants his daughter's name revealed, saying it only will give courage to other women.

• Worst crimes caused by new money in and around Delhi: Chief Justice of India

  The court in South Delhi which will hear the case of the medical student who died after she was gang-raped on a Delhi bus was inaugurated today by the Chief Justice of India, Altamas Kabir.

• Delhi gang-rape case: Post-mortem report of 'Amanat' expected today

  The post-mortem report of the 23-year-old medical student whose brutal gang-rape and death 13 days later has shocked and shamed the entire nation, is expected today. The young woman died on Saturday in a hospital in Singapore and the autopsy was done in that country before her body was brought back to India for last rites.

• 'Amanat's' family want killers hanged: report

  The family of the 23-year-old medical student who died after being brutally gang-raped on December 16 said they would not rest until her killers are hanged as police finalised their investigation before charges are laid against suspects this week.

• 'Amanat' was to marry in February, say neighbours

  The young woman who died after being gang-raped in Delhi was to marry her boyfriend who was injured in the same attack, neighbours said on Sunday.