Delhi gang-rape: Jurists to suggest amendments to law
byNew Delhi: As the demand for stringent punishment to the accused in a gang-rape grows louder, the government Monday announced the setting up of a…
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Congress minister faces ire for posing with hunted animals
byMumbai: Criticising minister of state for education Fouzia Khan for taking photographs with hunted animals in South Africa, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection…
PM Gives Assurances, Protesters Still Unhappy
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a brief address on television today appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm, and said that…
Leadership should offer solutions: Kiran Bedi
byNew Delhi: It is time the police and political leadership provided “solutions, not suggestions” in the wake of protests against the gang-rape of a young…
Government waging ‘war’ against people: Kejriwal
byNew Delhi: With curfew imposed in the heart of Delhi to stop protests near the presidential palace, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal accused the…
Himachal legislator booked for murder, on the run
byShimla: Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting today to elect Himachal Pradesh’s next chief minister, one of the party’s newly elected legislators has…
PM ‘deeply disturbed,’ but rapes happened everyday in the capital
byNew Delhi: Calling the Delhi gang-rape a very “disturbing incident”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday directed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure such cases do…
Nobody safe in Delhi, says anguished court
byNew Delhi: “Nobody is safe here,” the Delhi High Court remarked today as it took suo moto notice of a woman’s gang-rape in a bus…
Resolve grievances of Tibetans, Britain tells China
byDharamsala: After the US, Canada and the European Union (EU), it’s now Britain which has urged China to address policy issues that are pushing Tibetans…
More police on the roads, fast track courts to try rapists – demand women protesters
byNew Delhi: About 150 women stated a noisy protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters here demanding more police presence on roads and fast-track courts to…