A five-year-old girl brutally raped and assaulted allegedly by a neighbour while being held captive and starved for two days is battling for life after she contracted infection from foreign objects inserted in her body.
Terming the incident of gang-rape of paramedical student as "turning point", Delhi Police Chief Neeraj Kumar Friday elaborated steps initiated by the force to ensure safety of women in the national capital.
Kiran Bedi, retired police officer and now a prominent social activist, feels that the Delhi Police has become more of a 'fire fighting force'.
Eighteen days after the horrific gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student, the Delhi police on Thursday filed its chargesheet in a court in Delhi against five men arrested in the case, slapping on them murder, rape, kidnapping and other charges.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday met the family of Delhi gang-rape victim at their native village where he made a strong pitch for strict anti-rape laws with provision for capital punishment.
Three doctors and 26 nurses have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai's Mumbai Central area.
The Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, met on Saturday evening amid strong demands for swift action against the perpetrators of the horrific gangrape and assault on the 23-year-old paramedic student.
Serious swelling in the brain resulting from the cardiac arrest she suffered a few days ago was an 'important cause' that led to the death of 23-year-old gang-rape victim who fought for her life with 'great fortitude and courage'.
An accused in the paramedical student gangrape case, who had been identified during a test identification parade, was on Tuesday remanded in 12 days judicial custody by a Delhi court while another will undergo TIP on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old paramedical student, who was gang-raped and tortured in a moving bus on Sunday night, on Wednesday underwent fifth surgery and "continues to be critical but stable", doctors attending on her said.
As a tribute to the Delhi gang rape victim, the government on Friday bestowed the Rani Laxmi Bai Stree Shakti award to 'spirit of Nirbhaya', a pseudonym given to her.
In a letter to all the zonal general managers on Monday, the board has said that initially 5,000 coaches will be converted.
A 25-year-old was shot dead by two youths on a motorbike on the Ring Road in the Capital on Sunday evening, allegedly when she resisted their attempt to molest her.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi met family members of the Delhi gangrape victim on Saturday evening, a day after government brought an ordinance providing for tough punishment to rapists.
He pointed out that for every patient who is tested positive, there are 5 to 10 people who are positive but not tested. That means more than 15 to 20 lakh people are getting infected every day in India even now. Statistically, five per cent of the positive patients need an ICU bed, irrespective of their age. On an average, a patient in ICU spends at least 10 days there.
Treat rape on par with murder not just in punishment but also in the procedure of its investigation and the pursuit of the perpetrator. Make our roads and neighbourhoods safer. We will figure out how to make our homes safer and hearts larger, says Hemanth Kumar G.
News agency Reuters talked to women in New Delhi to learn about how they are coping with the menace of sexual harassment.
Our government has failed the country on several counts. All this must change for India to redeem itself in six months, says Naushad Forbes.
These personalities, from god-men of questionable conduct, to politicians at the helm of affairs, are just unable to gauge the growing public anger. Many wish these irresponsible remarks are the last things an unsafe India requires to tackle this menace. Some remarks reek of a pathetic mindset, others are plain stupid. Rediff.com takes a look at some of these remarks:
These personalities, from god-men of questionable conduct, to politicians at the helm of affairs, are just unable to gauge the growing public anger. Many wish these irresponsible remarks are the last things an unsafe India requires to tackle this menace. Some remarks reek of a pathetic mindset, others are plain stupid. Rediff.com takes a look at some of these remarks:
The owner of the bus in which the 23-year-old paramedic was gang-raped and brutally assaulted along with his male friend on December 16, was on Tuesday denied bail in a case of alleged forgery committed by him to get his vehicles registered.
Jail officials said that after the death warrants were issued, the convicts were asked when they would like to meet their respective families for the last time, but none of them has responded yet. They are scheduled to be hanged on February 1.
A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by police in the case of December 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student who died in a Singapore hospital 13 days later.
Suicide by the main accused in the Delhi gang-rape case has created fear in the minds of the family of another accused Akshay Thakur, who they apprehend, will meet the same fate.
While Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, a sitting Supreme Court judge, suggested amendments to the Evidence Act to avoid recording of evidence at multiple stages to "cut-short" the whole process of trial, former Delhi high court judge, Justice Usha Mehra opined that the trial judge should ensure service of lawyers to accused from the very outset of the trial.
The Supreme Court lawyer Dayan Krishnan has been appointed as the special public prosecutor by the city police to conduct trial in the December 16 gangrape of a paramedical student who succumbed to injuries during the wee hours on Saturday at a Singapore hospital.
The Delhi police has named former army chief V K Singh and yoga guru Ramdev in an FIR registered in connection with the clashes between their supporters and police at Jantar Mantar during a protest against the gang-rape of a paramedic student.
With student protesters turning violent at Raisina Hill, Union Minister RPN Singh on Saturday appealed to young protesters to show restraint and assured them that strictest action would be meted out to the accused in the paramedical student gangrape case.
Five days after her brutal gang-rape, the 23-year-old paramedical student was on Friday taken off ventilator support but she showed early signs of infection setting in, as government vowed to file the chargesheet in the case "quickly" and seek maximum punishment of life term for the six accused.
"The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said on Twitter.
The government on Thursday constituted a committee of five eminent doctors to monitor the treatment of the 23-year-old paramedical student, who was brutally gangraped, and to ensure she gets the best possible medical attention.
The eyewitness and male friend of the 23-year-old paramedical student, who was gangraped in a moving bus here on Sunday night, today recorded his statement before a Delhi court.
A juvenile court on Monday ruled that a suspect in the fatal gang-rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month was a juvenile at the time of the attack, and may get off with a light sentence may have drawn sharp criticisms from all quarters, but child rights activists and defence counselors argue that the changing the law is not the answer. Priyanka reports.
Sage Moonblood Stallone, the oldest son of action star Sylvester Stallone, has been found dead in his Los Angeles apartment.
The Delhi high court on Monday extended by five more days its permission to a 25-year-old youth to hold peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar against the December 16 brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic.
The six accused in the Delhi gang-rape case had allegedly tried to mow the girl down under the bus after dumping her in south-west Delhi but her male friend saved her from being crushed.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday said people were 'rightly angry' over the gangrape of a paramedic student and called for 'very stringent' laws to ensure safety of women.
One of the six accused in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student, who died on Saturday, was remanded in judicial custody for 12 days by a Delhi court.
Close on the heels of the gangrape of a paramedical student in a moving bus in Delhi, a 38-year-old woman was allegedly raped by two youths in a similar modus operandi in Jammu.
One of the four accused in the brutal rape of a young paramedical student was on Thursday identified by the victim's friend during a Test Identification Parade at Tihar jail in Delhi. The 23-year-old victim's male friend, an engineer in a software company, identified Mukesh during the TIP, a senior police official said. Eleven people were paraded before the victim's friend during the TIP which started at 3.05 pm and ended in a hour.
