26 child marriages halted in Jharkhand
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A child rights’ group said on Friday that it prevented 26 child marriages in Jharkhand in just one week. Most of the children who were to be married were between…
Crime
SC says ‘brutal’ Nirbhaya rapists to hang
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentences of all four convicts in the fatal 2012 gang rape of Nirbhaya in a moving bus, a “rarest of rare” crime…
Activists flay Mamata’s ‘state repression’
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Political and rights activists on Friday called for a mass movement against the West Bengal government’s “repression” to suppress a campaign against land acquisition and sought the scrapping of a…
ED attaches over Rs 33 crore property of Shekhar Reddy, others
Chennai, May 5 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 33.74 crore of businessman J.Shekhar Reddy and his associates under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)….
Happy over SC decision in Nirbhaya case: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday voiced her happiness after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of all convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case. “I am…
Timeline of Nirbhaya gang-rape case – how the events unfolded
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Timeline of the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in which the Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentences of the four convicts. December 16, 2012: A 23-year-old paramedic student and her…
Hang all convicts as soon as possible: Nirbhaya’s father
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) As the Supreme Court upheld on Friday the death sentence to four accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, the bereaved father said that all convicts should be hanged as soon…
DCW chief welcomes SC decision in Nirbhaya gang rape case
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case and said it will send a “strong message”…
Will file review petition: Defence lawyer on Nirbhaya judgement
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Soon after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, defence lawyer A.P. Singh said he will file a review petition…
Owaisi questions ‘double standards’ on death for rape
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned the “double standards” in awarding death penalty to rapists, especially when it came to communal riots. Reacting to a Bombay High Court judgment upholding…
SC upholds death sentence for Nirbhaya rapists
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Calling it a “rarest of rare” case, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the brutal Nirbhaya gang-rape here of 2012 that led…
Modi announces ex-gratia for kin of Etah accident victims
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced ex-gratia of Rs two lakh for the kin of each of those killed in an accident in Uttar Pradesh . The funds would…
Kannada TV actress killed in road accident
Chennai, May 5 (IANS) Kannada television actress Rekha Sindhu died in a road accident on Friday near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, police said. The accident happened on the Chennai-Bengaluru highway around 2.30 a.m., a police…
Toll rises to 14 in UP road accident
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) The toll in the Etah road accident in Uttar Pradesh early Friday morning has risen to 14 with the death of the four persons who were critically injured, police said. The…
SC upholds death sentence on Nirbhaya gang-rape
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape.
SC says all four to hang for Nirbhaya gang-rape
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence on all four convicts in the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape. Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur were convicted on charges…
Up to 2-year ban proposed on unruly passengers
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The government on Friday announced draft rules for a national no-fly list that proposes a flying ban from three months to two years or beyond for unruly passengers on domestic…
Two abducted tribals killed in Manipur
Imphal, May 5 (IANS) Suspected tribal militants on Friday abducted three tribals in Manipur and gunned down two of them, police said. The third man is missing. These are the first such killings in the…
Techie’s wife ends life in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) The wife of a techie, who had recently returned from the United States, committed suicide in her flat in Puppalaguda here, police said on Friday. Rashmi Sharma (39) hanged herself in…
Six killed in Andhra truck-car collision
Vijayawada, May 5 (IANS) Six persons were killed in a truck-car collision in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district early on Friday morning, police said. The accident occurred on the Kurnool-Guntur highway between Bhiminenivari Palem and Medikonduru…