Himachal CM designate Virbhadra Singh acquitted in corruption case
byShimla: A day ahead of senior congress leader Virbhadra Singh taking oath as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, a trial court here acquitted him…
Crime
Tripura woman’s torture: Four accused yet to be arrested
byAgartala: Four more men who stripped and beat a woman in public last week in western Tripura’s Sipahijala district are yet to be arrested, police…
‘Don’t blame Bollywood for rapes’
byMumbai: Do explicit movie scenes and double-meaning songs and dialogues incite sexual violence? Many think so. But most directors in the Hindi film industry don’t…
Test to rule out if bleeding Bengal woman was raped
byKolkata: A middle-aged woman was today found lying in a pool of blood on the road side in West Bengal and she would undergo medical…
Koli gets death in fifth Nithari murder, rape case
byGhaziabad: Domestic help Surendra Koli was today given the death penalty by a court here for murder and rape of a five-year-old girl in the…
One arrested for rape charges in Shimla
byShimla: Police late yesterday arrested one Mukesh on rape charges after a girl from Shimla lodged a complaint. Accused Mukesh was arrested late in…
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…
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…