23:20
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday expressed grave concern over the crime against women and urged them to snatch power from men to protect themselves from such crime. I would say women should get power in the society. I will tell my sisters to snatch power from men,...
22:42
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar met in Mumbai on Friday evening to discuss allocation of portfolios and expansion of the week-old Maha Vikas Agadhi government in the state.The meeting at Nehru Center was attended by Shiv Sena leaders...
22:40
The Telangana high court on Friday directed the state government to preserve the bodies of four acccused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian till 8:00 pm on December 9. The high court gave the order on a representation received in the office of the Chief...
22:22
The Centre has asked all states to take all possible steps for the security of women, saying it was the highest priority of the government. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states, Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said he was writing the letter in the wake of the unfortunate...
21:34
Low conviction rate, tardy probes and prolonged trials result in 70 per cent rape cases remaining unattended in the judicial system and this, experts say, explains the public jubilation over the encounter killings of all four accused in the rape-and-murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian. ...
21:32
The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over a rape victim being burnt alive in Unnao district and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on the incident. Congress spokesperson Ragini Nayak, while speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex,...
21:11
The Union home ministry has sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi government rejecting the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape-murder case, sources said on Friday. The victim's mother also wrote to Kovind seeking dismissal of the...
20:47
The Congress on Friday accused Union minister Smriti Irani of politicising the issue of rapes in the country and claimed that the treasury benches created a ruckus in Lok Sabha as the government did not want a discussion on security of women. A heated debate in Lok Sabha on the burning of a...
20:02
Declaring that he never thought he needed a document to prove his Indianness, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar on Friday said he is replacing his Canadian passport with an Indian one following a controversy over his citizenship, . The 52-year-old actor, who was in the headlines for his...
19:50
The influential North East Students' Union on Friday called for an 11-hour Northeast bandh on December 10 to protest against the central government's move to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. NESO advisor Samujjal Kumar...
19:36
In a rare move, the railways has prematurely retired 32 of its officers above the age of 50 years in public interest on grounds of inefficiency, doubtful integrity and conduct unbecoming of a railway servant as part of a periodic review, according to a statement. The only time in...
19:30
A 71-year-old depositor of fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank died of a heart attack at his residence in Mumbai, his relative said on Friday. Pratap Jiandani suffered a heart attack on Thursday afternoon at his residence in suburban Mulund, he said.Earlier, at least eight...
18:56
Blaming porn sites for the rising incidence of sexual crimes against women, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday urged the Centre to ban all such internet platforms which proffered voyeuristic pleasure through video clips of rapes purportedly filmed by the perpetrators themselves. ...
18:25
The families of the four rape-murder accused were shell shocked as the news about their wards' death in alleged police encounter reached. Key accused Mohammed Arif's mother was at a loss for words and could only say my son is gone. Arifs father...
18:09
Haryana home minister Anil Vij on Friday said all four accused in the Hyderabad woman veterinarian rape-and-murder case getting killed in an encounter with police was the right thing and the victim had got justice. The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on...
17:37
It is easy to understand the man on the street celebrating the wanton killing of the accused. What is not, however, is the support this act has evoked among our lawmakers. Because, the meting out of instant justice as in Hyderabad is as powered by public support as it is impelled by the...
17:13
The government has cancelled passport of controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda and rejected his application for fresh one, External Affairs Ministry said on Friday. Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also said that the ministry has sensitised all its missions and posts abroad about...
17:07
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Friday rubbished, as pure speculation, allegations that he would be vindictive towards chief coach Ravi Shastri, saying that performance alone will be the parameter of judging individuals during his tenure. Shastri and Ganguly had a public fallout in 2016...
17:07
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Friday rubbished, as pure speculation, allegations that he would be vindictive towards chief coach Ravi Shastri, saying that performance alone will be the parameter of judging individuals during his tenure. Shastri and Ganguly had a public fallout in 2016...
16:16
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday expressed shock over two Congress MPs charging aggressively towards her in Lok Sabha and another asking her why she was speaking in the House.Is it my fault that I am a woman MP of BJP and spoke in the House, she told reporters in the Parliament Complex....
16:15
Defending the killing of all four accused in the rape-and-murder of a 25-year-old Hyderabad veterinarian by the police on Friday, Bengaluru top cop Bhaskar Rao termed it as correct and timely action given the situation. Had the accused escaped from custody, the police would have been under...
15:38
Telangana Police briefs the media on today's encounter of the four men accused in the rape and murder of a vet. Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar said law has done its duty and illustrated how the encounter took place: On 4 and 5 December, we interrogated the accused after taking the...
15:20
A pistol seen in the hand of one the accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian killed in encounter earlier today by the police.
15:02
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday took cognisance of the killing of four men accused of raping and murdering a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad and ordered an inquiry into the police encounter. The apex human rights body said the encounter early morning on Friday is a matter...
14:56
President Ram Nath Kovind, speaking at a function at Mt Abu says there should be no mercy for rape convicts. Incidents happening against women in this country is appalling. The incidents of demonic attacks on women have shaken the conscience of our country. Rape convicts under POCSO Act should...
14:32
Telangana has two other encounter deaths of note, apart from the deaths of the four rape accused today. On April 7, 2015, five persons associated with SIMI and other radical organisations were shot dead by the Telangana Police after the former allegedly attacked the police escort...
14:22
As India, (most of it, anyway) rejoices over the custodial deaths or encounter killings of four rape and murder accused, a hark back at Aakar Patel's 2015 column: ... police in Andhra Pradesh murdered 20 men, most of them Tamils, for stealing trees. The same day police in Telangana murdered five...
14:08
A remark by Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that Sita is being burnt while plans are afoot to build a Ram temple created an uproar in the House on Friday, with union minister Smriti Irani hitting back at the opposition for politicising and communalising the issue. Raising...
13:52
The spot where the accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian were killed in an encounter early this morning by the police. The bodies are still at the spot and will be shifted for post mortem shortly.
13:50
Former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who handled the Nirbhaya gangrape-and-murder case, on Friday said the thought of killing the accused never crossed his mind. There was a lot of pressure at that time, but the thought of killing them never came. We were getting messages, asking us to...
13:19
Meanwhile, the family of the Unnao rape survivor, who is currently undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, on Friday claimed they have received death threats and that the callers have also threatened to burn down their shop. The victim's uncle and aunt and some other...
13:08
BJP lawmaker Locket Chatterjee on Friday lauded Telangana Police after the accused in the veterinarian rape and murder case were killed in an encounter and added that such operations should be made 'legal'.According to the police, all the four accused were being taken to the scene of the crime,...
13:04
Seeking to justify the killing of four persons accused of raping and killing a Hyderabad woman veterinarian, a BJP member in Lok Sabha on Friday said police have not been given weapons as a show piece and have to use when accused try to flee. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Meenakshi...
12:58
The police cannot act like a lynch mob under any circumstance, several rights activists said after four people accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian were killed near Hyderabad in the early hours of Friday.The encounter is an attempt by authorities to distract people from the...
12:19
Another sane voice from our leaders is expectedly that of the Delhi CM. Arvind Kejriwal said while the people of the country are rejoicing the encounter deaths of the four accused in the gang rape and murder case of the Hyderabad veterinarian, it is also worrisome that they have lost faith...
12:14
BJP MP Maneka Gandhi is the only leader from the ruling party to question the extra-judiciary killings of the rapists of the Hyderabad vet. Speaking to ANI, Maneka, a former minister for Women and Child Development, said, Jo bhi hua hai bohot bhayanak hua hai is desh ke liye. You cannot kill...
12:03
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, who had earlier advocated public lynching of rapists, commenting on the Telangana police encounter in which the four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad were killed, reacted to the news, saying, der aaye durust aaye (better late...
11:53
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel: When a criminal tries to escape, police are left with no other option, it can be said that justice has been done.
11:49
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Friday hailed the Telangana police after personnel of the force killed the four accused in Telangana rape-murder case in an encounter. This is the biggest incident in the 19th year of this century that will guarantee women's safety, Uma Bharti tweeted in...
11:47
Other reactions: Former Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore lauded the Hyderabad police for shooting down all four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. He also said that this would set a precedent in the country and will give out the message that in India, good...
11:35
Shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday lauded Hyderabad police for killing all four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana.Great work #hyderabadpolice ..we salute u, Nehwal tweeted.All the four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian were killed in an encounter with...
11:24
BSP president Mayawati on Friday praised the Hyderabad Police for its strong action against the accused in the gang rape and murder of a 25-year-old veterinarian and asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to take inspiration from them. The action that has been taken by the Hyderabad Police is...
11:21
In March 2013, Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 to amend the IPC to allow death penalty only in rape cases where the accompanying brutality leads to death or leaves the victim in a persistent vegetative state, and in cases of repeat offenders. The amendments to the justice...
11:09
And while the Hyderabad vet's family says justice has been served, let's not forget this young girl from Unnao who was also raped and then set afire and is battling for her life in hospital. The rape survivor from Unnao, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to the Safdarjung...
11:09
And while the Hyderabad vet's family says justice has been served, let's not forget this young girl from Unnao who was also raped and then set afire and is battling for her life in hospital. The rape survivor from Unnao, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to the Safdarjung...
10:59
Sweets, flowers, and now rakhis. Neigbours of the woman veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed, tie rakhis to police personnel today. The four accused were killed in an encounter earlier today by Hyderabad cops after they allegedly attempted to escape from the scene of the crime where they...
10:49
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra's anti-corruption bureau has cleared National Conference Party's leader Ajit Pawar of allegations in an irrigation scam case in an affidavit submitted in the court.The 16-page affidavit, dated November 27 Nov was submitted at the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court by ACB...
10:46
Hyderabad celebrates the encounter killing of the four rape and murder accused. Locals had showered rose petals on police personnel at the spot where accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian were killed in an encounter earlier today. DCP Zindabad, ACP Zindabad' slogans...
10:18
After all four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Telangana were killed in an encounter, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal said 'what will police do if rapists try to escape from custody'. What will the police do if rapists try to escape. That is...
09:59
Reacting to the killing of the four accused in the encounter, the victim's sister said they welcomed it. We are happy. We did not expect this (killing in encounter). We thought they would be hanged through courts. We thank everyone who stood by us. With this incident people should be scared...
09:55
Rekha Sharma, National Commission for Women, reacts to the Telangana encounter: As a common citizen I am feeling happy that this was the end we all wanted for them. But this end was supposed to be through the legal system. It should have happened through proper channels. We always demanded death...
09:34
Asha Devi, the mother of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder victim, also called Nirbhaya reacts to the encounter killing of the four accused in the Hyderabad vet's rape and murder: I am extremely happy with this punishment. The police has done a great job and I demand that no action should be...
09:03
Shortly after the four accused in the Hyderabad rape-murder case were shot dead in an encounter, the father of the young victim has congratulated the Telangana government and police. He said, It has been 10 days to the day my daughter died. I express my gratitude towards the police and...
08:44
All four accused arrested last week for the gruesome rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian were shot dead in an alleged encounter early on Friday, Cyberabad Police said.Police officials said the four accused tried to escape custody when they were taken at 3:30 am to the crime scene near...
08:22
In a letter addressed to Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has expressed his discontent over being kept under watch, while asserting that he was not a 'criminal'.Abdullah's letter, written in a reply to a Tharoor's post to him was shared by the Congress...
07:48
All four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian rape and murder case have been killed in a police encounter, sources have said.The police said the four accused were shot dead in an encounter on the NH-44 near Hyderabad -- the same highway where the charred body of the vet was found.As per initial...
00:13
Undeterred by his humiliating experience during his visit to the state assembly on Thursday, West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has decided to visit it again on Friday to pay floral tribute to Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. According to the governor's schedule on Friday...
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