Alix Tichelman faces manslaughter charges for the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
The Delhi government sought the intervention of the external affairs ministry in providing "protection" to three Ugandan women after they alleged they were held hostages by drug mafias in the Malviya Nagar area of South Delhi.
Each story is sadder than the next, but what is most heartbreaking is to see the indifference shown towards these children by the police.
A round-up of off-beat stories from around the world
Subhash K Jha lists his 10 favourite romantic Hindi films.
Even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continues his tirade demanding action against policemen who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution ring on a Delhi minister's directive last week, the political class seems to be united in slamming his confrontationist track.
Actress Archana describes how tough it was to shoot for Kamalatho Naa Prayanam.
'It was only after D-Day that people believed that I had actually directed Kal Ho Naa Ho.'
Former Olympic middle-distance runner Suzy Favor Hamilton has confirmed that she worked as a high-end escort and issued an apology after an expose about her double life was published on a tabloid website.
Amid demands for removal of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti for the midnight raid episode, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday came in his defence, saying he had sought action against the alleged drug and prostitution racket on the basis of "some evidence".
Monali Thakur speaks about her journey, about becoming an actor and working with Nagesh Kukunoor, and her next film Mango.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Nothing can salvage the Marjaavaan mess, declares Sukanya Verma.
The film makes a brave but half-hearted effort to depict the dark cruelty that surrounds ordinary lives of three women. It fails miserably as sleaze -- of language as well as skin -- overtakes the proceedings.
Monali bagged the Best Actress award at the South-Asian International Film Festival in Washington DC, making her the first Bollywood singer to have won an award for acting.
A city court has ordered registration of FIR against unknown persons in connection with the midnight raid against African women by a group after Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti accused the foreign nationals of being involved in drugs and prostitution.
Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
New Delhi should resist any temptation to act as spoiler and instead should cooperate with its SCO partners in reaching a regional consensus behind the formation of an interim government in Kabul, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from Goa has threatened to go on a hunger strike if a Playboy nightclub is allowed to open in his state, claiming that it would promote prostitution in the tourist hub. Michael Lobo is opposing a nightclub proposed on Candolim beach -- the first of dozens of Playboy outlets that are being planned across the country.
A college girl on Wednesday committed suicide by setting herself on fire after she was allegedly raped by four youths near Getalsud dam on the outskirts of Ranchi.
National Human Rights Commission has directed the Delhi Police to take "appropriate action" in connection with the midnight raid conducted by former Law Minister Somnath Bharti and his supporters in South Delhi's Khirki Extension area on what he alleged was a drug and prostitution racket involving Ugandan women.
Observing that the law takes a stern view of crimes such as rape, the Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of 20 accused in the rape case of a 16-year-old school student who was allegedly drugged by her neighbour, sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution.
Ministry of External Affairs on Monday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that a Ugandan official had met his Law minister Somnath Bharti in connection with an alleged sex racket, and said Aam Aadmi Party was playing with the "reputation" of India.
The actress was in the country to shoot a documentary on human trafficking.
We should not judge the Congress or the BJP by a Robert Vadra or a Nitin Gadkari. We must measure them by the standards set -- or claimed -- by the top leadership, namely the RSS and Sonia Gandhi. If one claims to be a moral exemplar, the other is the chief political leader in this country, says T V R Shenoy.
Dance bars in Mumbai are set to re-open their shutters.
While terming her trip to Kolkata as remarkable, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminisced about the time when a 10-year-old girl who lives in a red light area in Bihar demonstrated her karate skills
The United States Secret Service prostitution scandal has now grown to include a 12th member of the elite security agency, even as the Pentagon has suspended clearances of all implicated military personnel. Rediff.com takes a look at the chain of events.
Obama may have many fans, but without doubt, his biggest fan is from Columbia.
From an underage call girl to a successful couture lingerie designer, Zahia Dehar has come a long way. Here, we bring you glimpses of the 20-year-old French Moroccan beauty's recent fashion show at Paris Couture Week.
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Making a breakthrough in the battered baby Falak case, the Delhi police on Saturday arrested the prime suspect, who allegedly handed over the child to his 14-year-old girlfriend. Taxi driver Raj Kumar was arrested early on Saturday morning after weeks of manhunt. The police have been on the lookout for Kumar since January 18, when the minor girl got the baby admitted to AIIMS. The girl, who is allegedly involved in a prostitution racket, was also arrested along with Kumar.
But there have been no visual cuts in this very violent film.
The stories are open to speculation, like incomplete bits of poetry.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful female-centric movies in the last five years.
The BJP on Sunday accused Delhi's Law Minister Somnath Bharti of "racism" and wondered if the dharna planned by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to demand suspension of some police officials is a ploy for "a way out of the government and get back to the streets".
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