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Mar 4, 2013 Raja Bhaiya's reign of terror: "This Minister had over 40 criminal cases registered against him when he was sworn in as a cabinet Minister in UP. Now after a top cop was gunned down in a UP village by an irate mob, the wife of the DSP has named Raja bhaiya in the case."
Mar 4, 2013 राजा भैया के हाथी घोड़े और सामंती ठाठ-बाट: "उस दौर में हर सुबह राजा भैया अपने महल के बाहर दालान में दरबार लगाते थे. गाँव के मर्द, औरत और बच्चे अपनी शिकायतें और झगड़े लेकर अदालत की बजाए उनके दरबार में पहुँचते थे जहां राजा भैया तुरंत “न्याय” कर देते थे."
Mar 3, 2013 Haryana: Panchayat delivers bizarre verdict again: " In another instance of bizarre khap justice, the Jind panchayat has struck a compromise in a woman's murder case and has directed the families of the accused to offer penance by kneeling and paying obeisance to the victim at the spot where she was killed. The woman died in a gunfire in October 2012."
Mar 3, 2013 Rs 270 cr for Union ministers' travel in Budget 2013: "The provision of Rs. 270.05 crore under the head 'Tour Expenses' is for expenditure on travel by cabinet ministers, ministers of state and ex-prime ministers. This also includes provision for maintenance of aircraft used for VVIPs travel."
Mar 3, 2013 Watch: JMM MLA ties man to a tree to 'cure' him of his drinking addiction: "A local Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA on Sunday tied an alleged alcoholic to a tree and said he won't free him till he mends his ways."
Mar 3, 2013 Maharashtra: RTI query reveals rise in rape cases in rural areas: "The rape and murder of the three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has led to some status check on the increasing rate of crime against women in the state. An RTI inquiry shows such crimes are on the rise in Maharashtra."
Mar 2, 2013 NCP careless or just plain insensitive?: "Farmers lugging canisters of water in a bullock cart through arid & parched lands. Hapless citizens crowding around Govt water tankers, fighting for an amenity as basic as water. The pictures reportedly show the stark reality of Maharashtra's agrarian crisis."
Mar 2, 2013 School rape incident exposes Delhi's insensitivity: "Rapid Action Force, police in riot gear and water cannons greeted the residents of Mangolpuri on Saturday as violent protests continued over the rape of a minor girl at an MCD school. A day has passed, but the police are yet to identify the rapist."
Mar 2, 2013 Delhi school rape: Violent protests on streets: "Barely two and a half months after the horrific December 16 gangrape, there was outrage and protests on the streets of Delhi again after a 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an MCD school in Mangolpuri on Thursday. Angry protesters, including neighbours and local residents clashed outside the hospital with the police, accusing them of taking no action for three hours post the incident."
Mar 2, 2013 Delhi school rape: Girl was gagged, tied and threatened, says uncle: "The police has not managed to arrest the suspect so far."
Mar 2, 2013 NCP raped Maharashtra for 14 years: Raj Thackeray: "Renewing his attack on the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Saturday accused the Sharad Pawar-led party of "raping" Maharashtra for the past 14 years."
Mar 2, 2013 MCD school rape: Delhi still India's rape capital?: "A seven-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man inside her school premises on Thursday."
Mar 2, 2013 School rape incident exposes Delhi's insensitivity: "Rapid Action Force, police in riot gear and water cannons greeted the residents of Mangolpuri on Saturday as violent protests continued over the rape of a minor girl at an MCD school. A day has passed, but the police are yet to identify the rapist."
Mar 2, 2013 Rahul's Mumbai visit: Will BMC crack the whip on Cong for hoardings?: "Maharashtra is facing one of its worst droughts in the last four decades. But the Congress remains unfazed, as it pulled out all the stops for a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his day-long trip to Mumbai."
Mar 1, 2013 Delhi braveheart’s friend speaks: I am shunned by politicians: "Not only have the ministers and political leaders — who were so outraged about the crime — offered little moral or financial support, he is shunned and ignored when he tries to meet them. “They don’t even receive my calls anymore,” he says."
Feb 28, 2013 Why is there a lack of accountability in mass tragedies?: "In the past decade, India has seen at least nine major fire tragedies and loss of lives and property. However, not a single individual so far has been held accountable."
Feb 28, 2013 Fire tragedies follow long trail of delayed justice: "In the past decade, India has seen at least nine major fire tragedies and loss of lives and property. However, not a single individual so far has been held accountable."
Feb 27, 2013 Mumbai: Woman constable attempts suicide inside Mantralaya: "A woman constable attempted suicide inside Mantralaya in Mumbai on Wednesday. She had alleged sexual harassment by one of her seniors."
Feb 27, 2013 FTN: Is culture intolerance increasing in Bengal?: "A Bengali film has courted controversy after its director alleged political discrimination by the government. The Censor Board in Kolkata denied approval to 'Kangal Malsat', a film by Suman Mukhopadhyay."
Feb 27, 2013 SP MLA misbehaves with teachers: "Several primary school teachers today staged a protest here and burnt effigy of Samajwadi party MLA Bhagwan Sharma, alleging that he manhandled some of them when they met him to submit a memorandum."
Feb 27, 2013 MP: Mob sets railway station on fire after 2 kids mowed down by train: "Protestors set Gulaabganj railway station in Madhya Pradesh on fire after two children were mowed down by a train on Tuesday. The mob vandalised the station property and set the station premises on fire in which one railway employee was killed. Delhi-Bhopal route has been closed at Vidisha station until the situation gets under control."
Feb 27, 2013 Rail Budget: People demand better food, clean toilets, safety for passengers in trains: "The Rail Budget will be presented on Tuesday by Pawan Kumar Bansal"
Feb 27, 2013 19 killed in devastating fire in Kolkata: "when a fire engulfed a multi-storey market complex."
Feb 27, 2013 Vigilance bureau not vigilant enough: "Crime-busters or file-pushers? Jharkhand vigilance bureau, in its internal report, has admitted that deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) are too few in number, with some so incompetent that they can’t write a dairy or so slow that they haven’t moved an inch in their investigations in six months."
Feb 27, 2013 Kolkata fire: No lesson learnt by Mamata govt?: "A deadly fire engulfed the bustling Surya Sen market in Kolkata on Wednesday, leaving scores dead and many injured. The six-storey tall commercial building was a disaster in the making with plenty of inflammable materials stacked everywhere, narrow lanes choking the possibility of escape and an eatery on the first floor."
Feb 26, 2013 ऑन करते ही लैपटॉप पर दिखेगा अखिलेश-मुलायम का फोटो: "यही नहीं लैपटॉप के बाहरी कवर और इसके साथ मिलने वाले बैग पर भी लाल रंग की पट्टी पर छपी मुलायम सिंह यादव और अखिलेश यादव की फोटो चस्पा रहेगी."
Feb 26, 2013 Coal linkage: IAS officer, businessman jailed for taking bribe: "An IAS officer, who was working with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and a businessman related to him have been sentenced to varying jail terms of three and two years by a Delhi court for taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a firm to solve its issue relating to coal linkage."
Feb 25, 2013 Mamata's cultural crackdown in Bengal: "The Censor Board has refused to clear a Bengali film for taking potshots at the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Singur movement that forced the Tatas to exit the state."
Feb 25, 2013 Suryanelli rape: Case against 111 people for FB posts on Kurien: "A case was filed against 111 people on Monday for defamatory remarks against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Facebook over the Suryanelli gangrape case. Bindu Krishna, a Mahila Congress leader in Kerala, had filed a complaint with the cyber cell of the Kerala Police against the defamatory comments. She alleged that most of the comments were against her as she had backed Kurien."
Feb 25, 2013 Noida: Ex-bureaucrat's son allegedly tries to molest woman, arrested: "A former bureaucrat's son has been arrested for allegedly trying to molest a woman in a busy market place in Noida. The woman alleged that the accused tried to force her into his car at a luxury hotel where she had gone for her yoga classes."
Feb 24, 2013 Brave girl booked for fighting molesters!: "This brave girl -a karate expert - chased, confronted and taught a lesson to two men - who allegedly misbehaved with her. But in a bizarre turn of events - a complaint has now been filed against her for allegedly 'assaulting' the men who harassed her. Initially based on the girl's complaint, the police registered a case against the two men who misbehaved with her and they even arrested the prime accused."
Feb 24, 2013 Hyderabad: At least 15 feared dead in serial blasts: "At least 15 people are feared to have been killed in a series of explosions on Thursday evening which took place in Dilsukh Nagar bus stand area of Hyderabad."
Feb 24, 2013 Ambala trade union leader killed as 2-day strike begins: "It was a tragic start to the nationwide bandh in Haryana where a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala at the roadways depot when he was crushed by a bus following a confusion called over the trade union strike. Chaos broke out after the Haryana Roadways staff tried to stop officials from allowing the buses to move from the depot."
Feb 24, 2013 The Last Word: Does Bharat Bandh serve any useful purpose?: "The trade unions began a two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday, which in many places became a forced bandh."
Feb 24, 2013 FTN: Should politicians have a social conscience about lavish weddings?: "In India, over 30 per cent are said to be below poverty line and millions have no access to basic health care or education. But politicians are spending crores on weddings even giving gifts of helicopters. The Income Tax department search the premises of Congress minister Bhaskar Jadhav in Maharashtra after he spent crores on extravagant weddings of his two children at a time when Maharashtra is battling with severe drought."
Feb 24, 2013 Are Bharat Bandhs against national interest?: "The Bharat Bandh on Wednesday took a violent turn in Noida, even as it affected normal life across the country."
Feb 24, 2013 Trade union strike turns violent in Noida, 14 arrested: "Factory workers targeted vehicles, setting many on fire and injuring policemen. As many as 14 people were arrested."
Feb 24, 2013 Maharashtra: 3 sisters, all minors, raped and murdered: "In a shocking case of brutality, bodies of three sisters, all minors, were found in a well in a village in Bhandara district. The post-mortem report has confirmed rape and murder. The girls were aged six, nine and eleven had gone missing on February 14 from their school."
Feb 24, 2013 Watch: Protestors set fire to fire engine in Noida: "There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine."
Feb 24, 2013 Live: Production at Maruti, Hero to be hit due to union strike: "The Noida police have arrested 14 people in connection with the violence during the trade union strike."
Feb 24, 2013 Women workers of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha beaten up by police: "Women workers of the newly formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were assaulted by male police officers on February 11, after they allegedly threw plastic bottles at Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's car. The Inspector General of Police of the area, Akshay Sachdeva ordered a lathicharge inside the office of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, even as the process to identify the miscreants who threw plastic bottles on Chamling's car was on."
Feb 24, 2013 Shut away from all human rights: "West Bengal's Dum Dum Central Jail could put the notorious Abu Ghraib in a shade going by some of the disturbing incidents which have taken place there recently. A mere request for better food earned Bikram Mahato, undergoing trial for murder, a severe beating after which he was handcuffed and kept naked in a cell. And this is not an isolated incident in this jail."
Feb 23, 2013 Know the Visa God temple of India: "One of the oldest temples in Hyderabad built during the time of Madanna and Akkanna, the uncles of Bhakta Ramada has gain popularity because of its divine power in getting visa stamp approval for Indian passport holders."
Feb 23, 2013 The Take It Too Easy Polity: "With prices of utilities climbing apace and delivery short and ineffici ent, the great Indian hoodwink continues"
Feb 23, 2013 Stop Press Carousel: "The silent blocking of URLs by the DoT assaults freedom of expression"
Feb 23, 2013 Sec 144 for Kejriwal protest? Court asks Delhi police to explain emergency : "“What was the emergency? Tell me what information you (police) had about threat to law and order there and you imposed Section 144 of the CrPC?”"
Feb 23, 2013 Amity teacher files FIR, says son of SP MLA and Mulayam kin slapped her: "A woman teacher of Amity University was allegedly abused and slapped by a student, who is the son of a ruling Samajwadi Party MLA, on Thursday. The student is also related to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav."
Feb 21, 2013 Bhandara rape: Accused still on the run: "A week after three minor sisters were brutally raped, murdered and thrown into a well in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, there has been still no headway in the case. The family has accused the police of going slow in the case"
Feb 20, 2013 Police term rape, killing of 3 sisters as an accident: "Months after the horrific Delhi gangrape case, there was another shocker, this time from Maharashtra where three minor sisters were raped and murdered in Bhandara district. Mother of the victims has accused the police of a shoddy probe while enraged locals blocked the National Highway number 6 for several hours."
Feb 20, 2013 I-T probes source of wedding extravaganza by NCP minister: "The Income Tax officials have begun conducting inquiries and raids into a multi-crore wedding extravaganza organised by Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Bhaskar Jadhav for this son and daughter last week in Ratnagiri."
Feb 20, 2013 Women workers of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha beaten up by police: "Women workers of the newly formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were assaulted by male police officers on February 11, after they allegedly threw plastic bottles at Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's car. The Inspector General of Police of the area, Akshay Sachdeva ordered a lathicharge inside the office of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, even as the process to identify the miscreants who threw plastic bottles on Chamling's car was on."
Feb 19, 2013 I-T raids NCP leader Bhaskar Jadhav's residence: "Income-Tax department on Monday night conducted raids at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Bhaskar Jadhav's residence in Chiplun, Maharashtra. The raids were conducted after Jadhav received flak from his party chief Sharad Pawar."
Feb 19, 2013 Mahant buys a registration no. for Rs 10.5 lakh: "a priest of Shri Guru Gorakshnath Sidh Hanuman Mandir in Sector 19 here, won the bid for CH01-AR-0001 registration number for his Rs 60 lakh worth Audi Q7 by paying Rs 10.5 lakh at an auction"
Feb 18, 2013 55 More Facebook URLs DoT Wants Blocked: "It was not just 73 URLs relating to stories about IIPM that the DoT wanted blocked. But also others about Afzal Guru"
Feb 17, 2013 Nagaland's home minister detained after arms, cash found in his vehicle: "Nagaland's home minister Imkong L Imchen was detained on Monday near Wokha district for allegedly carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle, official sources said."
Feb 17, 2013 Face the Nation: 'One Billion Rising' against sexual violence: "Millions in India and across the world kicked off the 'One Billion Rising' campaign, pledging to fight violence against women."
Feb 17, 2013 Lucknow DIG flouts norms at Maha Kumbh, takes car to VIP bathing ghat: "Lucknow DIG Navneet Sikera flouted an Allahabad High Court order when he made a visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela during the last 'Shahi Snan' (holy dip) on Friday. Sikera brought his relatives and friends to the VIP bathing ghat in his official car."
Feb 17, 2013 Suryanelli gangrape: Is Cong trying hard to defend Kurien?: "Just as the Congress party prepares to defend Rajya Sabha MP PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case, it faced yet another embarrassment in Kerala. This time around, it was Union Minister Vayalar Ravi who made some sexist comments to a female journalist. When she asked him about Kurien, Ravi's response was shocking. In the video, he was seen asking the reporter if something had happened between both of them in the past."
Feb 17, 2013 Directed by court, DoT moves to block 73 URLs critical of IIPM: ""A poor law has given IIPM the ammunition to use state machinery to go after its critics. This was entirely expected given the way the law is drafted. The next step in this ladder would be booking people for blasphemy,""
Feb 17, 2013 WB governor slams TMC govt over college elections violence: "Two days after violent clashes between the Trinamool and the Congress student union members claimed the life of a police sub-inspector and amidst allegations that TMC minister Firhad Hakim was shielding the accused, the Bengal governor MK Narayanan on Thursday said that ministers must not interfere in such cases."
Feb 17, 2013 Protests over Vayalar Ravi's sexist remarks: "There is outrage in Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi was caught on video making a personal swipe at a female reporter who wanted his reaction to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien's alleged involvement in the Suryanelli gangrape case."
Feb 17, 2013 Budget yatra: 22 farmers commit suicide in 2 months in Yavatmal: "Travelling through areas where economic policies have made a huge impact, both positive and negative, CNN-IBN's Budget Yatra moves to Yavatmal in Maharashtra. This year alone, within just two months, over 22 farmers have committed suicide following a dismal harvest."
Feb 17, 2013 Corruption in India Has Reached Shocking Levels: "an eye-opening investigation by the BBC reveals a darker underside -- a country where corruption and criminality are pervasive among the country's political elite."
Feb 17, 2013 It’s ok to steal 15pc of allocations, says UP minister: "“If you (officials) take 15 per cent of the amount as commission, there is no problem... but you must spend the remaining 85 per cent on developmental works honestly,” Tripathi reportedly said while addressing the officials after distributing unemployment cheques to youths on Saturday."
Feb 15, 2013 BBC: The Indian politicians facing criminal charges: "Andrew North reports for Newsnight on how many Indian politicians are accused of rape, murder and other serious crimes."
Feb 15, 2013 Public officials who have mandate to rule are typical bullies: CAG: " public officials make the most oft-repeated statement that law would be allowed to take its own course over detection of large number of misdemeanours regretted that this does not happen at all."
Feb 15, 2013 Gagging The Media Blocking Outlook Blogs: "Following its usual opaque routine, DoT issues orders to block 78 URLs, 73 of them with IIPM content —but Outlook is singled out as its entire blogs area is blocked"
Feb 15, 2013 कुछ नेता भी हैं बलात्कार के अभियुक्त: "अक्सर राजनेता अपने पद का इस्तेमाल करके मामले को वर्षो नहीं बल्कि दशकों तक टालने में सफल हो जाते हैं.""
Feb 13, 2013 69% women feel unsafe in city, finds survey: "More than 90 per cent complained of pollution of some kind with 65.5 per cent complaining of air pollution, 35 per cent of water pollution, and 20.4 per cent of noise pollution."
Feb 13, 2013 New claim puts PJ Kurien in a spot: "In a new turn in the Suryanelli gangrape issue, the lone convict in the case today alleged that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in it as claimed by the victim."
Feb 13, 2013 Anger peaks over minor's rape: "Even as the anger peaks over a minor's rape in Goa, the Chief Minister Manoha Parrikar chooses to remain mum. In a desperate appeal for justice, the victim's father has threatened to go on a hunger strike. Will the authorities finally take action?"
Feb 13, 2013 Kolkata: Student wings of TMC, Cong go on rampage, 1 killed: "A police sub inspector was killed and four students injured in firing outside a college in Kolkata. The incident occurred when workers of the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) broke out into a scuffle outside Hari Mohan College during the filing of nomination papers for the student elections. As many as four people have been arrested."
Feb 12, 2013 Three women stripped in public in Odisha: "A meeting was held later where the women were accused of practising witchcraft."
Feb 12, 2013 Proud of dad, not his department: "He is still a hero to me but not the department for which he gave his life."
Feb 12, 2013 SHOOT-AT-WILL CITY Bengal faces searing questions from girl: "A Calcutta police officer was shot dead in daylight today over something as routine as a college election, prompting his daughter to ask a question that captured the many ills plaguing the state."
Feb 12, 2013 Doctors are aborting daughters: Study: "Doctors have fewer daughters than the average Indian, which indicates that they may be using illegal sex-selective abortions to have more sons, reports a study in the international journal, Demography."
Feb 12, 2013 Feet branded for not remembering lessons: "In a shocking case, two teachers at a madrassa allegedly burnt the feet of a 10-year-old student by pressing a hot iron on them after the child tried to run away from the seminary in Rajouri district."
Feb 12, 2013 CJ: Kumbh pilgrims cram into Allahabad station despite stampede: "He sent us this video from the Allahabad station where hapless pilgrims and passengers are braving it out at the station. Basic infrastructure is missing as hundreds remain huddled at the station."
Feb 12, 2013 Assam: 8 dead in police firing as mob attacks polling booth: "Eight people died in police firing after a mob of 400 men and women from the Rabhas community armed with iron rods, axes, machetes and sticks attacked a polling station and indulged in arson."
Feb 11, 2013 Suryanelli gangrape: Accused claims P J Kurien involved: "The third accused in the 1996 Suryanelli Rape Case, Dharmarajan, on Monday told a leading daily in Kerala that Rajya Sabha Chairman P J Kurien was involved."
Feb 11, 2013 Rags to riches story of Janardhan Reddy’s secretary: "Mehfuz Ali Khan was only a private secretary to jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy. But he seems to be not an ordinary person as his bank account shows that the total transactions he made was whopping Rs 103.09 core in just nine months. Besides he had also owned 250 acres of land near Bangalore International Airport."
Feb 11, 2013 WB: Around 100 women dumped in open field after sterilisation: "In a shocking case, most of the 100 women in a semi-conscious state, who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district, were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility."
Feb 11, 2013 Khap panchayat lets off man accused of molestation: "A Khap panchayat played court again in Haryana's Hisar district where a trader, accused of molesting a girl, was freed after an apology while the policemen watched. The local trader was 'punished' following allegations of sexual harassment."
Feb 11, 2013 Allahabad railway station stampede: One policeman started lathi-charge, others followed, says eyewitness: "The death toll in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station had gone up to 37 by Monday morning."
Feb 10, 2013 'Molester' let off by khap after apology
Feb 8, 2013 8200 children dead in Safdarjung Hospital in last 5 yrs: RTI: "The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Union Health Secretary and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital on a complaint alleging that more than 8,200 children died at the institution in the last five years. The notice was sent on the basis of an RTI query which revealed that of the 18 ventilators available for children in the hospital, five were not functional."
Feb 8, 2013 Use police from VIP security for women safety: SC: "The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve."
Feb 8, 2013 West Bengal: Cong MP, workers ransack DM's bungalow: "In a shocking incident in West Bengal, several workers of the Congress party, led by Union Minister and party MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, went on a rampage at Murshidabad."
Feb 8, 2013 Why is corruption high in Madhya Pradesh?: "Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the residence of an employee of a state power company and found details of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 8, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 8, 2013 Know what is Suryanelli gangrape case that is haunting Rajya Sabha deputy chief P J Kurien: "when a picture of that person appeared in a newspaper, she recognised ‘Bhajji’ as P.J. Kurien. According to the victim, this was pointed out by her to investigation officials, but they did not book Kurien as an accused."
Feb 8, 2013 'भारत सेक्स को लेकर पागल लोगों का देश': "“इस देश भारत को बलात्कार की लत है. उसके राष्ट्रीय संस्थान नाकारा हैं.”"
Feb 8, 2013 Parents of raped, murdered girl 'forced' to live in public loo: "This, the police have done in the name of "witness protection"."
Feb 8, 2013 China's advisory: Don't go out alone in Delhi: " In a strongly worded report, state-run Xinhua said India is known for “rampant rapes against women and Delhi’s called the rape capital of the world.”"
Feb 7, 2013 Robert Vadra deals: Move to break me down psychologically, alleges Khemka: "“They want to harass me. They want to break me down psychologically,” the 1991-batch IAS officer alleged. He claimed that vested elements had the support of some mandarins in the government as he had exposed alleged land scams during his previous postings."
Feb 7, 2013 Protect women, common man before VIPs: Supreme Court tells cops
Feb 7, 2013 3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 policeman for 761 citizens: "there are as many as 47,557 cops protecting 14,842 VIPs across the country or three police personnel to one protectee even as rising crime poses a serious threat to the security of the common citizen."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: Abuse of Indian children 'common' : "Commissioned by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the study says 53% of the surveyed children reported one or more forms of sexual abuse."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: India child sex victims 'humiliated' - Human Rights Watch: "more than 7,200 children, including infants, are raped every year in India", "Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police"
Feb 6, 2013 In horrific loyalty test, 20 people dip hands in boiling oil over panchayat poll: ""Dinesh Parmar, who hails from Deria village in Bayad taluka, asked the community members to dip their hands in oil to prove that they had voted for him,""
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Mar 4, 2013 Raja Bhaiya's reign of terror: "This Minister had over 40 criminal cases registered against him when he was sworn in as a cabinet Minister in UP. Now after a top cop was gunned down in a UP village by an irate mob, the wife of the DSP has named Raja bhaiya in the case."
Mar 4, 2013 राजा भैया के हाथी घोड़े और सामंती ठाठ-बाट: "उस दौर में हर सुबह राजा भैया अपने महल के बाहर दालान में दरबार लगाते थे. गाँव के मर्द, औरत और बच्चे अपनी शिकायतें और झगड़े लेकर अदालत की बजाए उनके दरबार में पहुँचते थे जहां राजा भैया तुरंत “न्याय” कर देते थे."
Mar 3, 2013 Haryana: Panchayat delivers bizarre verdict again: " In another instance of bizarre khap justice, the Jind panchayat has struck a compromise in a woman's murder case and has directed the families of the accused to offer penance by kneeling and paying obeisance to the victim at the spot where she was killed. The woman died in a gunfire in October 2012."
Mar 3, 2013 Rs 270 cr for Union ministers' travel in Budget 2013: "The provision of Rs. 270.05 crore under the head 'Tour Expenses' is for expenditure on travel by cabinet ministers, ministers of state and ex-prime ministers. This also includes provision for maintenance of aircraft used for VVIPs travel."
Mar 3, 2013 Watch: JMM MLA ties man to a tree to 'cure' him of his drinking addiction: "A local Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MLA on Sunday tied an alleged alcoholic to a tree and said he won't free him till he mends his ways."
Mar 3, 2013 Maharashtra: RTI query reveals rise in rape cases in rural areas: "The rape and murder of the three sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has led to some status check on the increasing rate of crime against women in the state. An RTI inquiry shows such crimes are on the rise in Maharashtra."
Mar 2, 2013 NCP careless or just plain insensitive?: "Farmers lugging canisters of water in a bullock cart through arid & parched lands. Hapless citizens crowding around Govt water tankers, fighting for an amenity as basic as water. The pictures reportedly show the stark reality of Maharashtra's agrarian crisis."
Mar 2, 2013 School rape incident exposes Delhi's insensitivity: "Rapid Action Force, police in riot gear and water cannons greeted the residents of Mangolpuri on Saturday as violent protests continued over the rape of a minor girl at an MCD school. A day has passed, but the police are yet to identify the rapist."
Mar 2, 2013 Delhi school rape: Violent protests on streets: "Barely two and a half months after the horrific December 16 gangrape, there was outrage and protests on the streets of Delhi again after a 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside an MCD school in Mangolpuri on Thursday. Angry protesters, including neighbours and local residents clashed outside the hospital with the police, accusing them of taking no action for three hours post the incident."
Mar 2, 2013 Delhi school rape: Girl was gagged, tied and threatened, says uncle: "The police has not managed to arrest the suspect so far."
Mar 2, 2013 NCP raped Maharashtra for 14 years: Raj Thackeray: "Renewing his attack on the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Saturday accused the Sharad Pawar-led party of "raping" Maharashtra for the past 14 years."
Mar 2, 2013 MCD school rape: Delhi still India's rape capital?: "A seven-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man inside her school premises on Thursday."
Mar 2, 2013 School rape incident exposes Delhi's insensitivity: "Rapid Action Force, police in riot gear and water cannons greeted the residents of Mangolpuri on Saturday as violent protests continued over the rape of a minor girl at an MCD school. A day has passed, but the police are yet to identify the rapist."
Mar 2, 2013 Rahul's Mumbai visit: Will BMC crack the whip on Cong for hoardings?: "Maharashtra is facing one of its worst droughts in the last four decades. But the Congress remains unfazed, as it pulled out all the stops for a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his day-long trip to Mumbai."
Mar 1, 2013 Delhi braveheart’s friend speaks: I am shunned by politicians: "Not only have the ministers and political leaders — who were so outraged about the crime — offered little moral or financial support, he is shunned and ignored when he tries to meet them. “They don’t even receive my calls anymore,” he says."
Feb 28, 2013 Why is there a lack of accountability in mass tragedies?: "In the past decade, India has seen at least nine major fire tragedies and loss of lives and property. However, not a single individual so far has been held accountable."
Feb 28, 2013 Fire tragedies follow long trail of delayed justice: "In the past decade, India has seen at least nine major fire tragedies and loss of lives and property. However, not a single individual so far has been held accountable."
Feb 27, 2013 Mumbai: Woman constable attempts suicide inside Mantralaya: "A woman constable attempted suicide inside Mantralaya in Mumbai on Wednesday. She had alleged sexual harassment by one of her seniors."
Feb 27, 2013 FTN: Is culture intolerance increasing in Bengal?: "A Bengali film has courted controversy after its director alleged political discrimination by the government. The Censor Board in Kolkata denied approval to 'Kangal Malsat', a film by Suman Mukhopadhyay."
Feb 27, 2013 SP MLA misbehaves with teachers: "Several primary school teachers today staged a protest here and burnt effigy of Samajwadi party MLA Bhagwan Sharma, alleging that he manhandled some of them when they met him to submit a memorandum."
Feb 27, 2013 MP: Mob sets railway station on fire after 2 kids mowed down by train: "Protestors set Gulaabganj railway station in Madhya Pradesh on fire after two children were mowed down by a train on Tuesday. The mob vandalised the station property and set the station premises on fire in which one railway employee was killed. Delhi-Bhopal route has been closed at Vidisha station until the situation gets under control."
Feb 27, 2013 Rail Budget: People demand better food, clean toilets, safety for passengers in trains: "The Rail Budget will be presented on Tuesday by Pawan Kumar Bansal"
Feb 27, 2013 19 killed in devastating fire in Kolkata: "when a fire engulfed a multi-storey market complex."
Feb 27, 2013 Vigilance bureau not vigilant enough: "Crime-busters or file-pushers? Jharkhand vigilance bureau, in its internal report, has admitted that deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) are too few in number, with some so incompetent that they can’t write a dairy or so slow that they haven’t moved an inch in their investigations in six months."
Feb 27, 2013 Kolkata fire: No lesson learnt by Mamata govt?: "A deadly fire engulfed the bustling Surya Sen market in Kolkata on Wednesday, leaving scores dead and many injured. The six-storey tall commercial building was a disaster in the making with plenty of inflammable materials stacked everywhere, narrow lanes choking the possibility of escape and an eatery on the first floor."
Feb 26, 2013 ऑन करते ही लैपटॉप पर दिखेगा अखिलेश-मुलायम का फोटो: "यही नहीं लैपटॉप के बाहरी कवर और इसके साथ मिलने वाले बैग पर भी लाल रंग की पट्टी पर छपी मुलायम सिंह यादव और अखिलेश यादव की फोटो चस्पा रहेगी."
Feb 26, 2013 Coal linkage: IAS officer, businessman jailed for taking bribe: "An IAS officer, who was working with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and a businessman related to him have been sentenced to varying jail terms of three and two years by a Delhi court for taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a firm to solve its issue relating to coal linkage."
Feb 25, 2013 Mamata's cultural crackdown in Bengal: "The Censor Board has refused to clear a Bengali film for taking potshots at the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Singur movement that forced the Tatas to exit the state."
Feb 25, 2013 Suryanelli rape: Case against 111 people for FB posts on Kurien: "A case was filed against 111 people on Monday for defamatory remarks against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien on Facebook over the Suryanelli gangrape case. Bindu Krishna, a Mahila Congress leader in Kerala, had filed a complaint with the cyber cell of the Kerala Police against the defamatory comments. She alleged that most of the comments were against her as she had backed Kurien."
Feb 25, 2013 Noida: Ex-bureaucrat's son allegedly tries to molest woman, arrested: "A former bureaucrat's son has been arrested for allegedly trying to molest a woman in a busy market place in Noida. The woman alleged that the accused tried to force her into his car at a luxury hotel where she had gone for her yoga classes."
Feb 24, 2013 Brave girl booked for fighting molesters!: "This brave girl -a karate expert - chased, confronted and taught a lesson to two men - who allegedly misbehaved with her. But in a bizarre turn of events - a complaint has now been filed against her for allegedly 'assaulting' the men who harassed her. Initially based on the girl's complaint, the police registered a case against the two men who misbehaved with her and they even arrested the prime accused."
Feb 24, 2013 Hyderabad: At least 15 feared dead in serial blasts: "At least 15 people are feared to have been killed in a series of explosions on Thursday evening which took place in Dilsukh Nagar bus stand area of Hyderabad."
Feb 24, 2013 Ambala trade union leader killed as 2-day strike begins: "It was a tragic start to the nationwide bandh in Haryana where a Haryana Roadways employee was killed in Ambala at the roadways depot when he was crushed by a bus following a confusion called over the trade union strike. Chaos broke out after the Haryana Roadways staff tried to stop officials from allowing the buses to move from the depot."
Feb 24, 2013 The Last Word: Does Bharat Bandh serve any useful purpose?: "The trade unions began a two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday, which in many places became a forced bandh."
Feb 24, 2013 FTN: Should politicians have a social conscience about lavish weddings?: "In India, over 30 per cent are said to be below poverty line and millions have no access to basic health care or education. But politicians are spending crores on weddings even giving gifts of helicopters. The Income Tax department search the premises of Congress minister Bhaskar Jadhav in Maharashtra after he spent crores on extravagant weddings of his two children at a time when Maharashtra is battling with severe drought."
Feb 24, 2013 Are Bharat Bandhs against national interest?: "The Bharat Bandh on Wednesday took a violent turn in Noida, even as it affected normal life across the country."
Feb 24, 2013 Trade union strike turns violent in Noida, 14 arrested: "Factory workers targeted vehicles, setting many on fire and injuring policemen. As many as 14 people were arrested."
Feb 24, 2013 Maharashtra: 3 sisters, all minors, raped and murdered: "In a shocking case of brutality, bodies of three sisters, all minors, were found in a well in a village in Bhandara district. The post-mortem report has confirmed rape and murder. The girls were aged six, nine and eleven had gone missing on February 14 from their school."
Feb 24, 2013 Watch: Protestors set fire to fire engine in Noida: "There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine."
Feb 24, 2013 Live: Production at Maruti, Hero to be hit due to union strike: "The Noida police have arrested 14 people in connection with the violence during the trade union strike."
Feb 24, 2013 Women workers of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha beaten up by police: "Women workers of the newly formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were assaulted by male police officers on February 11, after they allegedly threw plastic bottles at Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's car. The Inspector General of Police of the area, Akshay Sachdeva ordered a lathicharge inside the office of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, even as the process to identify the miscreants who threw plastic bottles on Chamling's car was on."
Feb 24, 2013 Shut away from all human rights: "West Bengal's Dum Dum Central Jail could put the notorious Abu Ghraib in a shade going by some of the disturbing incidents which have taken place there recently. A mere request for better food earned Bikram Mahato, undergoing trial for murder, a severe beating after which he was handcuffed and kept naked in a cell. And this is not an isolated incident in this jail."
Feb 23, 2013 Know the Visa God temple of India: "One of the oldest temples in Hyderabad built during the time of Madanna and Akkanna, the uncles of Bhakta Ramada has gain popularity because of its divine power in getting visa stamp approval for Indian passport holders."
Feb 23, 2013 The Take It Too Easy Polity: "With prices of utilities climbing apace and delivery short and ineffici ent, the great Indian hoodwink continues"
Feb 23, 2013 Stop Press Carousel: "The silent blocking of URLs by the DoT assaults freedom of expression"
Feb 23, 2013 Sec 144 for Kejriwal protest? Court asks Delhi police to explain emergency : "“What was the emergency? Tell me what information you (police) had about threat to law and order there and you imposed Section 144 of the CrPC?”"
Feb 23, 2013 Amity teacher files FIR, says son of SP MLA and Mulayam kin slapped her: "A woman teacher of Amity University was allegedly abused and slapped by a student, who is the son of a ruling Samajwadi Party MLA, on Thursday. The student is also related to SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav."
Feb 21, 2013 Bhandara rape: Accused still on the run: "A week after three minor sisters were brutally raped, murdered and thrown into a well in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, there has been still no headway in the case. The family has accused the police of going slow in the case"
Feb 20, 2013 Police term rape, killing of 3 sisters as an accident: "Months after the horrific Delhi gangrape case, there was another shocker, this time from Maharashtra where three minor sisters were raped and murdered in Bhandara district. Mother of the victims has accused the police of a shoddy probe while enraged locals blocked the National Highway number 6 for several hours."
Feb 20, 2013 I-T probes source of wedding extravaganza by NCP minister: "The Income Tax officials have begun conducting inquiries and raids into a multi-crore wedding extravaganza organised by Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister Bhaskar Jadhav for this son and daughter last week in Ratnagiri."
Feb 20, 2013 Women workers of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha beaten up by police: "Women workers of the newly formed Sikkim Krantikari Morcha were assaulted by male police officers on February 11, after they allegedly threw plastic bottles at Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's car. The Inspector General of Police of the area, Akshay Sachdeva ordered a lathicharge inside the office of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, even as the process to identify the miscreants who threw plastic bottles on Chamling's car was on."
Feb 19, 2013 I-T raids NCP leader Bhaskar Jadhav's residence: "Income-Tax department on Monday night conducted raids at Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Bhaskar Jadhav's residence in Chiplun, Maharashtra. The raids were conducted after Jadhav received flak from his party chief Sharad Pawar."
Feb 19, 2013 Mahant buys a registration no. for Rs 10.5 lakh: "a priest of Shri Guru Gorakshnath Sidh Hanuman Mandir in Sector 19 here, won the bid for CH01-AR-0001 registration number for his Rs 60 lakh worth Audi Q7 by paying Rs 10.5 lakh at an auction"
Feb 18, 2013 55 More Facebook URLs DoT Wants Blocked: "It was not just 73 URLs relating to stories about IIPM that the DoT wanted blocked. But also others about Afzal Guru"
Feb 17, 2013 Nagaland's home minister detained after arms, cash found in his vehicle: "Nagaland's home minister Imkong L Imchen was detained on Monday near Wokha district for allegedly carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle, official sources said."
Feb 17, 2013 Face the Nation: 'One Billion Rising' against sexual violence: "Millions in India and across the world kicked off the 'One Billion Rising' campaign, pledging to fight violence against women."
Feb 17, 2013 Lucknow DIG flouts norms at Maha Kumbh, takes car to VIP bathing ghat: "Lucknow DIG Navneet Sikera flouted an Allahabad High Court order when he made a visit to the Maha Kumbh Mela during the last 'Shahi Snan' (holy dip) on Friday. Sikera brought his relatives and friends to the VIP bathing ghat in his official car."
Feb 17, 2013 Suryanelli gangrape: Is Cong trying hard to defend Kurien?: "Just as the Congress party prepares to defend Rajya Sabha MP PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gangrape case, it faced yet another embarrassment in Kerala. This time around, it was Union Minister Vayalar Ravi who made some sexist comments to a female journalist. When she asked him about Kurien, Ravi's response was shocking. In the video, he was seen asking the reporter if something had happened between both of them in the past."
Feb 17, 2013 Directed by court, DoT moves to block 73 URLs critical of IIPM: ""A poor law has given IIPM the ammunition to use state machinery to go after its critics. This was entirely expected given the way the law is drafted. The next step in this ladder would be booking people for blasphemy,""
Feb 17, 2013 WB governor slams TMC govt over college elections violence: "Two days after violent clashes between the Trinamool and the Congress student union members claimed the life of a police sub-inspector and amidst allegations that TMC minister Firhad Hakim was shielding the accused, the Bengal governor MK Narayanan on Thursday said that ministers must not interfere in such cases."
Feb 17, 2013 Protests over Vayalar Ravi's sexist remarks: "There is outrage in Kerala after Union Minister Vayalar Ravi was caught on video making a personal swipe at a female reporter who wanted his reaction to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien's alleged involvement in the Suryanelli gangrape case."
Feb 17, 2013 Budget yatra: 22 farmers commit suicide in 2 months in Yavatmal: "Travelling through areas where economic policies have made a huge impact, both positive and negative, CNN-IBN's Budget Yatra moves to Yavatmal in Maharashtra. This year alone, within just two months, over 22 farmers have committed suicide following a dismal harvest."
Feb 17, 2013 Corruption in India Has Reached Shocking Levels: "an eye-opening investigation by the BBC reveals a darker underside -- a country where corruption and criminality are pervasive among the country's political elite."
Feb 17, 2013 It’s ok to steal 15pc of allocations, says UP minister: "“If you (officials) take 15 per cent of the amount as commission, there is no problem... but you must spend the remaining 85 per cent on developmental works honestly,” Tripathi reportedly said while addressing the officials after distributing unemployment cheques to youths on Saturday."
Feb 15, 2013 BBC: The Indian politicians facing criminal charges: "Andrew North reports for Newsnight on how many Indian politicians are accused of rape, murder and other serious crimes."
Feb 15, 2013 Public officials who have mandate to rule are typical bullies: CAG: " public officials make the most oft-repeated statement that law would be allowed to take its own course over detection of large number of misdemeanours regretted that this does not happen at all."
Feb 15, 2013 Gagging The Media Blocking Outlook Blogs: "Following its usual opaque routine, DoT issues orders to block 78 URLs, 73 of them with IIPM content —but Outlook is singled out as its entire blogs area is blocked"
Feb 15, 2013 कुछ नेता भी हैं बलात्कार के अभियुक्त: "अक्सर राजनेता अपने पद का इस्तेमाल करके मामले को वर्षो नहीं बल्कि दशकों तक टालने में सफल हो जाते हैं.""
Feb 13, 2013 69% women feel unsafe in city, finds survey: "More than 90 per cent complained of pollution of some kind with 65.5 per cent complaining of air pollution, 35 per cent of water pollution, and 20.4 per cent of noise pollution."
Feb 13, 2013 New claim puts PJ Kurien in a spot: "In a new turn in the Suryanelli gangrape issue, the lone convict in the case today alleged that Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in it as claimed by the victim."
Feb 13, 2013 Anger peaks over minor's rape: "Even as the anger peaks over a minor's rape in Goa, the Chief Minister Manoha Parrikar chooses to remain mum. In a desperate appeal for justice, the victim's father has threatened to go on a hunger strike. Will the authorities finally take action?"
Feb 13, 2013 Kolkata: Student wings of TMC, Cong go on rampage, 1 killed: "A police sub inspector was killed and four students injured in firing outside a college in Kolkata. The incident occurred when workers of the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) broke out into a scuffle outside Hari Mohan College during the filing of nomination papers for the student elections. As many as four people have been arrested."
Feb 12, 2013 Three women stripped in public in Odisha: "A meeting was held later where the women were accused of practising witchcraft."
Feb 12, 2013 Proud of dad, not his department: "He is still a hero to me but not the department for which he gave his life."
Feb 12, 2013 SHOOT-AT-WILL CITY Bengal faces searing questions from girl: "A Calcutta police officer was shot dead in daylight today over something as routine as a college election, prompting his daughter to ask a question that captured the many ills plaguing the state."
Feb 12, 2013 Doctors are aborting daughters: Study: "Doctors have fewer daughters than the average Indian, which indicates that they may be using illegal sex-selective abortions to have more sons, reports a study in the international journal, Demography."
Feb 12, 2013 Feet branded for not remembering lessons: "In a shocking case, two teachers at a madrassa allegedly burnt the feet of a 10-year-old student by pressing a hot iron on them after the child tried to run away from the seminary in Rajouri district."
Feb 12, 2013 CJ: Kumbh pilgrims cram into Allahabad station despite stampede: "He sent us this video from the Allahabad station where hapless pilgrims and passengers are braving it out at the station. Basic infrastructure is missing as hundreds remain huddled at the station."
Feb 12, 2013 Assam: 8 dead in police firing as mob attacks polling booth: "Eight people died in police firing after a mob of 400 men and women from the Rabhas community armed with iron rods, axes, machetes and sticks attacked a polling station and indulged in arson."
Feb 11, 2013 Suryanelli gangrape: Accused claims P J Kurien involved: "The third accused in the 1996 Suryanelli Rape Case, Dharmarajan, on Monday told a leading daily in Kerala that Rajya Sabha Chairman P J Kurien was involved."
Feb 11, 2013 Rags to riches story of Janardhan Reddy’s secretary: "Mehfuz Ali Khan was only a private secretary to jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy. But he seems to be not an ordinary person as his bank account shows that the total transactions he made was whopping Rs 103.09 core in just nine months. Besides he had also owned 250 acres of land near Bangalore International Airport."
Feb 11, 2013 WB: Around 100 women dumped in open field after sterilisation: "In a shocking case, most of the 100 women in a semi-conscious state, who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district, were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility."
Feb 11, 2013 Khap panchayat lets off man accused of molestation: "A Khap panchayat played court again in Haryana's Hisar district where a trader, accused of molesting a girl, was freed after an apology while the policemen watched. The local trader was 'punished' following allegations of sexual harassment."
Feb 11, 2013 Allahabad railway station stampede: One policeman started lathi-charge, others followed, says eyewitness: "The death toll in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station had gone up to 37 by Monday morning."
Feb 10, 2013 'Molester' let off by khap after apology
Feb 8, 2013 8200 children dead in Safdarjung Hospital in last 5 yrs: RTI: "The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Union Health Secretary and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital on a complaint alleging that more than 8,200 children died at the institution in the last five years. The notice was sent on the basis of an RTI query which revealed that of the 18 ventilators available for children in the hospital, five were not functional."
Feb 8, 2013 Use police from VIP security for women safety: SC: "The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve."
Feb 8, 2013 West Bengal: Cong MP, workers ransack DM's bungalow: "In a shocking incident in West Bengal, several workers of the Congress party, led by Union Minister and party MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, went on a rampage at Murshidabad."
Feb 8, 2013 Why is corruption high in Madhya Pradesh?: "Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the residence of an employee of a state power company and found details of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 8, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 8, 2013 Know what is Suryanelli gangrape case that is haunting Rajya Sabha deputy chief P J Kurien: "when a picture of that person appeared in a newspaper, she recognised ‘Bhajji’ as P.J. Kurien. According to the victim, this was pointed out by her to investigation officials, but they did not book Kurien as an accused."
Feb 8, 2013 'भारत सेक्स को लेकर पागल लोगों का देश': "“इस देश भारत को बलात्कार की लत है. उसके राष्ट्रीय संस्थान नाकारा हैं.”"
Feb 8, 2013 Parents of raped, murdered girl 'forced' to live in public loo: "This, the police have done in the name of "witness protection"."
Feb 8, 2013 China's advisory: Don't go out alone in Delhi: " In a strongly worded report, state-run Xinhua said India is known for “rampant rapes against women and Delhi’s called the rape capital of the world.”"
Feb 7, 2013 Robert Vadra deals: Move to break me down psychologically, alleges Khemka: "“They want to harass me. They want to break me down psychologically,” the 1991-batch IAS officer alleged. He claimed that vested elements had the support of some mandarins in the government as he had exposed alleged land scams during his previous postings."
Feb 7, 2013 Protect women, common man before VIPs: Supreme Court tells cops
Feb 7, 2013 3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 policeman for 761 citizens: "there are as many as 47,557 cops protecting 14,842 VIPs across the country or three police personnel to one protectee even as rising crime poses a serious threat to the security of the common citizen."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: Abuse of Indian children 'common' : "Commissioned by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the study says 53% of the surveyed children reported one or more forms of sexual abuse."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: India child sex victims 'humiliated' - Human Rights Watch: "more than 7,200 children, including infants, are raped every year in India", "Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police"
Feb 6, 2013 In horrific loyalty test, 20 people dip hands in boiling oil over panchayat poll: ""Dinesh Parmar, who hails from Deria village in Bayad taluka, asked the community members to dip their hands in oil to prove that they had voted for him,""
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