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Nirbhaya Gangrape Case Timeline: A Delhi Incident That Created A 'Tsunami Of Shock'

India News | Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Friday May 5, 2017

Nearly five years after the Nirbhaya incident, wherein a 23-year-old medical student was gangraped on a moving bus in the national capital, the Supreme Court today upheld the death penalty of the four adult convicts.

Crime Of 'A Different World': What Supreme Court Judges Said On Nirbhaya Case Verdict

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday May 5, 2017

The Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence for four convicts in the gang rape and brutal murder of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012. The four men - Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh - had appealed in the top court after the High Court ruled that they should be hanged. The parents ...

Nirbhaya Rapists To Hang, Says Top Court, Refers To Her 'Dying Declaration'

Delhi News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan and Tanima Biswas, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Saturday May 6, 2017

Nearly five years after a 23-year-old medical student on her way home from a movie was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, the Supreme Court has confirmed death for four convicts.

Nirbhaya Fund: Ministry Asked By Panel To Act 'With Sense Of Urgency'

India News | Edited By Bhanu Priya Vyas | Friday December 16, 2016

A parliamentary standing committee has criticised the government for what it calls slow implementation of schemes under the Nirbhaya fund, named after the 23-year-old medical student who died after being gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi four years ago.

Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Case Four Years On: 10 Points

Delhi News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday December 16, 2016

Four years after the 16 December gang-rape and murder -- a case that shocked and enraged India and made international headlines -- the decision on fate of the five men found guilty of assaulting her is pending with the Supreme Court. The 23-year-old paramedical student, dubbed Nirbhaya, was gangraped and brutally tortured in a bus while returning w...

Nirbhaya's Parents Complain Ahead of Juvenile's Release. Centre, Delhi Questioned

Delhi News | Agencies | Wednesday November 25, 2015

Next month, the youngest of the six men who gang-raped and tortured a young student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, will walk free.

After Complaint, Nirbhaya Gangrape Convict Shifted From Cell in Tihar

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 25, 2015

One of the four men sentenced to death for the horrific rape and murder of a student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, Vinay Kumar has been shifted to another prison where CCTV cameras are installed for surveillance, jail authorities told a Delhi Court today, the convict had claimed that he was being regularly assaulted by inmates earlier ...

Trying Juveniles as Adults: The Debate Rages On

India News | Ketki Angre | Sunday August 10, 2014

A day after the cabinet cleared amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act, the parents of the woman who died after being gangraped in a bus in Delhi in 2012, demanded fresh trial for the juvenile involved in the crime.

Supreme Court Stays Death Sentence of Two Delhi Gang-Rape Convicts

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday July 14, 2014

The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence of Akshay and Vinay, two of the four men sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of a young medical student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012.

Vote for us, will check 'misuse' of anti-rape law, says Mulayam's manifesto

Elections News | Anant R Zanane (with inputs from PTI) | Wednesday April 2, 2014

Mulayam Singh Yadav believes that voters should pick his Samajwadi Party because it will fight to check "the large-scale misuse" of the tougher anti-rape law introduced after the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in Delhi. His commitment was made in his party manifesto which was released today.

Supreme Court stays death penalty of two Delhi gang-rape convicts

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday March 15, 2014

The Supreme Court has stayed the death penalty of two of the four men convicted for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a young medical student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012.

'Sex crime reporting up 30 per cent since December 16'

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 12, 2013

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was brutally sexually assaulted by six men, including a juvenile, in a moving bus on December 16, 2012.

Delhi gangrape case: Juvenile accused convicted of robbery

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh (With inputs from agencies) | Friday July 19, 2013

The juvenile accused in the Delhi gangrape case has been held guilty in a case of robbery that allegedly took place before a 23-year-old girl was gangraped in a moving bus on December 16.

Delhi gang-rape case: Verdict for juvenile accused on July 25

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Thursday July 11, 2013

A verdict on the role of the juvenile accused in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi on December 16 last year, is now expected two weeks later, on July 25.

Delhi gang-rape: Maximum punishment a juvenile can get is three years in correctional facility

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas; edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Thursday July 11, 2013

The Juvenile Justice Board is expected to deliver verdict on the role of one of the six men accused in the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16 last year.

Delhi gang-rape: Verdict against juvenile accused expected today

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 11, 2013

The first verdict in the gang-rape and murder case of a student on board a moving bus in the national capital is expected today.

Delhi gang-rape accused being poisoned, lawyer tells court

Delhi News | 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 was critically ill.

Delhi braveheart's friend's interview can't be used as evidence: Supreme Court on December 16 gang-rape

Delhi News | 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.

Court lifts ban on media coverage of Delhi gang-rape trial

India News | Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Friday March 22, 2013

The Delhi High Court has ruled that reporters from newspapers will be allowed to attend and report on the trial of four men accused of raping and murdering a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in December.

Police had info about possible attack on Ram Singh, other suspects: sources

India News | 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 brutally gang-raping a medical student on a bus in Delhi. One of them, Ram Singh, was found hanging ...

Ram Singh found hanging: suicide, says jail; murder, says his lawyer

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Tanima Biswas; edited by Mala Das (with inputs from Agencies) | Tuesday March 12, 2013

Ram Singh, the man accused of leading a gang of six that allegedly battered and fatally raped a medical student on a bus in Delhi, was found hanging in his cell early this morning.

Delhi gang-rape case: three cellmates slept through Ram Singh's suicide, claim officials

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Tanima Biswas (with inputs from Agencies); Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, was discovered hanging in his prison by a constable at 5 am, jail officials told NDTV.

Delhi gang-rape case: murder, not suicide, says Ram Singh's lawyer; family wants CBI inquiry

India News | Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang rape of a medical student on a Delhi bus, an attack that triggered angry protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning. Ram Singh's family and lawyers want a CBI inquiry to determine how he died.

Delhi gang-rape main accused Ram Singh allegedly used his own clothes to hang himself in Tihar Jail

India News | Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013

In a huge security lapse, Ram Singh, one of the six men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in a moving bus in Delhi last December, has allegedly committed suicide at Tihar Jail, where he was lodged. He reportedly used his own clothes to hang himself in Jail Number 3; his body was found at around 5 this morning.

Delhi gang-rape case: murder, not suicide, says Ram Singh's lawyer; family wants CBI inquiry

India News | Agencies | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a medical student onboard a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified the country and triggered protests and new laws to punish crimes against women, allegedly committed suicide in jail early this morning.

'Amanat' case: He has been killed in prison, alleges Ram Singh's lawyer

India News | Associated Press | Monday March 11, 2013

The main suspect in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified Indians and set off national protests, committed suicide in jail on Monday, police officials said.

Delhi gang-rape case: Ram Singh was prone to mood swings, violent outbursts, say jail officials

People | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday March 12, 2013

Ram Singh was the driver of the white, private bus - used as a school bus on weekdays - in which six men brutally gang-raped a 23-year-old medical student on the evening of Sunday, December 16, 2012. He was one of the six men accused in the case. Early this morning, he allegedly hanged himself with his own clothes at Delhi's high-security Tihar Jai...

Delhi gang-rape case: poor coordination within police, says Usha Mehra Commission

India News | Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Friday February 22, 2013

A government commission appointed to study the fatal gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi has blamed the capital's police for poor coordination, allowing the bus on which she was attacked to remain on the roads months after it failed to get important clearances.

Delhi gang-rape case: Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi meet Amanat's family

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 2, 2013

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi met family members of the medical student, who was brutally gang-raped on a bus in Delhi in December. The meeting came a day after the government brought an ordinance providing for tough punishment to rapists.

Cabinet clears anti-rape law ordinance, says death sentence for extreme cases

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu; edited by Shamik Ghosh | Friday February 1, 2013

The government has decided not to wait for Parliament to clear tough new anti-rape laws, the subject of national debate after the fatal gang-rape of a young student on a Delhi bus in December. Instead, the government has brought in an ordinance that introduces tougher jail terms for crimes against women, including the death penalty for extreme case...