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Jan 16, 2013 CNN: 'Slumdog' star: Rape could happen to me: "Actress Freida Pinto of "Slumdog Millionaire" talks to CNN's Erin Burnett about the recent rape cases in India."
Jan 16, 2013 Booked for standing up?: "In two separate cases of sexual harassment in West Bengal, the police and the residents chose to torment the people who came to the rescue of the victims. The bizarre treatment has shocked many. Why have these men who stood up against injustice been subjected to this treament?"
Jan 16, 2013 2004 Manipur rape-murder: No action against armed forces yet: "The 2004 rape and murder of Manorama in Manipur had shocked the nation and put the spotlight on the abuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal held up banners that said - 'Indian Army rape us'"
Jan 14, 2013 Mattress, blankets, warm water, sewadars for ex-Home Minister Gopal Kanda in Tihar Jail: newspaper report: "Kanda, being an MLA, is being given VIP facilities inside the jail. He has been seen sipping tea and resting inside the jailor's office several times."
Jan 14, 2013 Police tortured my brother: Delhi rape protest petitioner: "Three policemen hit me on my genitals with sticks and when I shouted for help they shoved a sock in my mouth,""
Jan 14, 2013 CNN: Discrimination begins in the womb: "CNN's Sumnima Udas examines the cycle of discrimination against women in India."
Jan 14, 2013 Lakshmi: Gang rape case 'disgusted me': "Author and 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi was born in India and speaks to Erin Burnett about India's gang rape case."
Jan 14, 2013 Unicef: Female foeticide in India: "The girls have not vanished overnight. Decades of sex determination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India."
Jan 14, 2013 BBC: The girls stolen from the streets of India: "Tens of thousands of girls disappear in India every year. They are sold into prostitution, domestic slavery and, increasingly, like Rukhsana, into marriage in the northern states of India where the sex ratio between men and women has been skewed by the illegal - but widespread - practice of aborting girl foetuses.", ""Police are well aware of what we do. I have to tell police when I am transporting a girl and I bribe police in every state - in Calcutta, in Delhi, in Haryana. "I have had troubles with authorities but I am not afraid - if I go to jail I now have enough money to bribe my way out.""
Jan 13, 2013 Asaram Bapu says, Delhi gangrape victim should have pleaded for mercy from rapists: "saying that the Delhi gang-rape victim should have called her culprits brothers and recited the Saraswati mantra,"
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gang rape has shaken nation's conscience, says Chief Justice of India: "The CJI said the high court chief justices should get in touch with the state governments for appointment of judicial officers but in the meantime some court should be designated as fast-track courts to exclusively deal with offences against women."
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gangrape: why criminal cases crawl through Indian courts: "When Angammal was being sexually abused inside a police station for six days over a decade ago, her son was just a little boy. As the case drags on in court, the little boy is now a student of law, convinced that he could argue his mother’s case better than any man in black robes. The trial in the case started 14 years ago. It continues today."
Jan 13, 2013 Apologise, Asaram Bapu!: "Godman Asaram Bapu shocks with one outrageous comment after another. Not only does he hold the victim responsible, but also suggested that rape laws should not be made more stringent as they would be misused. There is massive outrage over the Godman's comments and despite the deplorable comments there is no apology forthcoming. Nirbhaya's friend says he is shocked at Asaram Bapus insensitive comment, calling it a 'dirty remark'. Should Asaram Bapu be allowed to get away just because he is a self proclaimed Godman?"
Jan 13, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's male friend recounts attack: "The friend of a woman who died after being raped on a bus in Delhi has given his first interview since the incident."
Jan 13, 2013 'Much more activism needed' after India rape case: "India's first and highest ranking woman police officer, Kiran Bedi, has said she was not surprised the gang rape of a 23 year old in Delhi."
Jan 13, 2013 Women's safety: Have our political leaders failed us?: "Under fire over his 'India and Bharat' comment, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat got another jolt over an alleged comment on the role of women in society. 'A husband and a wife are involved in a social contract. The wife has to take care of the household work and the husband has to meet her needs and protect her. If the wife violates the contract, the husband can disown her,' he said while addressing a rally in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. That soundbyte sparked a row, before the RSS clarified that he was misinterpreted."
Jan 13, 2013 Noida alleged rape-murder case: Police under fire over inaction: "In the alleged rape and murder case of a 21-year-old girl, police have once again come under fire over inaction. Five policemen were suspended after the girl's family alleged that the Noida Police did not register a complaint when they approached it after their daughter went missing. The family feels that had the police acted promptly after the girl went missing, she could have been saved."
Jan 13, 2013 Rajasthan: Men who allegedly raped 11-yr-old in Aug 2012 roam free: "An 11-year-old girl was gangraped in August 2012 in Rajasthan's Sikar region. Her family is still fighting for justice. The family says it continues to get threats from the accused and has got little in terms of help from the government."
Jan 13, 2013 This Troll Has A Very Long Nose: "Who bugged the internet? Why is the government so afraid that it’s resorting to stealth censorship?"
Jan 13, 2013 An equal law for legislators, public: "MLAs and MPs seek to cushion themselves with privileges and perks that sometimes appear dubious and can conceivably be of little use to ordinary citizens who voted them in."
Jan 12, 2013 The Man Who Spins Words In Sulphur
Jan 12, 2013 Where's the equality, Uttarakhand CM?: "Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said there is no need for fast track courts in the state for early disposal of cases related to crime against women. Again on Saturday (January 12), after their directive prohibiting women from working beyond 6 pm"
Jan 12, 2013 Uttarakhand’s 6pm curfew for women hits a raw nerve: "announcement that women cannot work after 6pm in select sectors."
Jan 12, 2013 ‘You can hardly sneeze without breaking law’: "There are so many laws in this country already. Every topic has a law. We are an over-legislated country. You can hardly sneeze without breaking law. More laws you make, more cases will build up; because laws are not implemented it leads to people losing faith in law."
Jan 12, 2013 Cong hits out at U'khand CM for remark against women: "The Congress on Saturday slammed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna for his remarks against women. Bahuguna had said that women should not work after 6.00 pm."
Jan 12, 2013 LoC killings: Govt did not help us at all, says martyr's family: "Twenty nine-year-old Hemraj hailed from Shernagar village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. On January 8, Lance Naik Hemraj, along with Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, were killed near the LoC by Pakistani troops."
Jan 12, 2013 Mumbai: Calls for suspension of ACP Dhoble after hawker's death: "Vasant Dhoble, one of Mumbai's most controversial policemen, is back in the headlines after a fruit-hawker died during a raid led by him in Santacruz."
Jan 11, 2013 SC says Delhi unsafe, seeks govt view on two-finger test: "“There is no safety for women. We are failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect,” the apex court said while asking authorities to respond to a petition to examine the suitability of the controversial two-finger medical test conducted on rape victims. The two-finger test, in which a doctor inserts two fingers into a woman’s genital tract to determine whether sexual activity has taken place"
Jan 6, 2013 Agony of India's many unfortunate daughters: "More than 630 women are known to have been raped in New Delhi last year,"
Jan 6, 2013 'Women should be housewives and men earning members': "After creating a furore with his India-Bharat remark on increasing rapes in the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has once again kicked up a controversy by saying that women must restrict themselves to household work. In a speech in Indore, Bhagwat said that a husband and a wife are bound by a social contract where the wife has to take care of the household chores and the husband's duty is to earn for the house and protect his wife."
Jan 6, 2013 Bangalore: Police bust kidney racket, arrest three: "In a four-day operation in Bangalore, police have busted a kidney racket and have arrested three of its seven members. 'This racket has been working for the last three to four years in Bangalore. It also operates in Mysore where corporate hospitals are there. Names of few hospitals have come up but their role is yet to be established. We'll find that in the course of investigation,' said SP Ramanagara Anupam Agarwal."
Jan 6, 2013 Rs 20 crore meant for night shelters in Delhi siphoned off: "Callousness and deep-rooted corruption in Delhi government couldn't have emerged in a more chilling manner this freezing winter."
Jan 6, 2013 Delhi cops tore up a sheet, asked me to lift gangrape victim, I did, with my injuries, Damini's friend reveals: ""the police took us to Safdarjung Hospital rather than going to the nearest private hospital. Had it not been late at night, when there's hardly any traffic on the roads, my friend would have died that very day."
Jan 5, 2013 CNN: Villagers beat politician accused of rape: "Watch as villagers strip and beat an Indian politician accused of raping a middle-age mother of two."
Jan 5, 2013 Delhi Police's callousness exposed: "As the nation is seething with anger, the friend of the Delhi gangrape victim who was also beaten up by the rapists has revealed chilling details of Police callousness. He said while the rape victim was battling for her life, the Delhi Police wasted crucial time in arguing about jurisdiction and only after a delay of 30 minutes they took a bleeding Nirbhaya to the hospital."
Jan 5, 2013 4 years on, no justice: "A 25 year old software engineer who lived in Pune was gangraped by 4 men on way back from work in Oct 2009. She was found murdered in Zarewadi forest, 50 kms from Pune city. The key accused escaped from the city's Sassoon hospital in Sept 2012 allegedly with police aid."
Jan 5, 2013 After spewing venom, a disappearing act: "Akbaruddin Owaisi has hade made not one but many inflammatory speeches, forcing the law to take action against the hate mongering MLA from Hyderabad. The police have registered 2 firs against the MIM MLA for his venomous speech in Adilabad district on December 24 and have sent him a notice."
Jan 5, 2013 Curbing the right to protest: "Brute force: The government is systematically suppressing democratic protests"
Jan 5, 2013 Purge the police force: "The police repression of the young protesters against the gang-rape in Delhi was only one such in a series of incidents where the law protectors have turned brutal."
Jan 4, 2013 Delhi gang-rape victim's friend: Cops wasted 30 minutes arguing about jurisdiction: ""My friend was grievously injured and bleeding profusely. Cars, autos and bikes slowed down and sped away. I kept waving for help. The ones who stopped stared at us, discussing what could have happened. Nobody did anything,""
Jan 4, 2013 UP panchayat asks rape victim to settle case with Rs 50,000 compensation: "Rs.50,000 as compensation for being kidnapped, taken to Nagpur and raped in captivity for many days. That is what a panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has offered a 13-year-old who came to them with her tale of horror at the hands of a youth from the village."
Jan 4, 2013 J&K Rifles jawan, 2 other held after molested woman jumps from Brahmaputra Mail in Bihar: "The woman ran for her life inside the B1 coach, with other commuters remaining mute spectators."
Jan 4, 2013 Killed for defending a woman: "A man was killed and three others were injured allegedly by a gang of drunkards as they resisted the alcoholics from assaulting a married woman in Bariatu locality in Ranchi,"
Jan 4, 2013 Outrageous comment by MP Min: "Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya was at the centre of a controversy today over his remark that women must not cross the 'Lakshman rekha' to avoid unwanted consequences, prompting an embarrassed BJP to disassociate itself from the comment."
Jan 4, 2013 UP cop caught on camera threatening media: "A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district was caught on camera abusing journalists for reporting incidents of crime against women. The SSP of Kushinagar, DK Chowdhri, was seen threatening the media for reporting delay in police action in a rape case."
Jan 4, 2013 Ranchi: Man tries to protect woman, beaten to death: "A 38-year-old medical representative in Ranchi in Jharkhand was beaten to death on January 1 by a group of drunk men as he tried to prevent them from attacking a woman."
Jan 4, 2013 'Nomads prime targets of kidney racketeers': "The agents have established a well-oiled racket over the past decade and a half, which involves greasing the right official palms in the taluk, residents alleged."
Jan 4, 2013 More detained in Bangalore kidney racket: "Intensifying investigations into a kidney transplantation racket involving government officials and major hospitals in the city"
Jan 4, 2013 Conviction in crimes against women low: Shinde: "Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday reiterated his stand on increasing the number of women police officials."
Jan 4, 2013 Cops kept fighting about jurisdiction: Delhi gangrape victim’s friend: "they had seen the worst faces of humanity and the police on that fateful evening."
Jan 3, 2013 पीड़िता के गांव में क्यों दहशत में हैं लड़कियां?: "दिल्ली सामूहिक बलात्कार कांड की पीड़ित लड़की के गांव में लोग अब अपनी बेटियों को घर से बाहर भेजने में डर रहे हैं."
Jan 3, 2013 'मैं बलात्कार पीड़ित हूं...मेरी और कोई पहचान नहीं': "सरकारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में हर 14 घंटों पर एक महिला बलात्कार का शिकार होती है."
Jan 3, 2013 BBC: Assam women beat 'sex-attack politician' Bikram Singh Brahma
Jan 3, 2013 Bihar panchayat bans use of mobile phones by girls
Jan 3, 2013 Woman forced to have sex with tantrik to birth son kills self
Jan 3, 2013 Hate speech: Andhra Govt mute spectator: "He made a provocative, inflammatory speech nearly 10 days ago, but the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to take any action against MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi as he holidays in London."
Jan 3, 2013 Darul Uloom Deoband bans smartphones; handsets of 14 students seized, destroyed: "Darul Uloom deputy vice-chancellor Maulana Abdul Khalik said the seminary authorities acted on complaints from unnamed people that the students were misusing multi-media cellphones for "morally un-acceptable purposes""
Jan 2, 2013 A convicted rapist on the loose: "It has been 7 years since Bitti Mohanty, convicted of rape, went underground. His father, who was a top police officer in Orissa in 2006, got him out on bail but completely washed his hands off the case after Bitti turned an absconder. TIMES NOW has been following the story relentlessly and reveals how the top cop's rapist son was allowed to go missing."
Jan 2, 2013 In Akhilesh raj, no justice for rape victim?: "Just 70 kms from New Delhi, the epicentre of protests for better security for women a rape victim has been running from pillar to post to just get the U.P police to register a case. In fact they only gave in after she threatened to immolate herself. It doesn't end there. Now, the police wants her to 'compromise' with the rapist who's a politician?"
Jan 2, 2013 News 360: Delhi HC pulls up police for imposing sec 144 at India Gate: "The High Court said that the Delhi Police should have tried to maintain law and order instead of imposing section 144."
Jan 2, 2013 Girl molested, abducted in public view, cops slap obscenity charges: "What is more astonishing is that even though the victim was kidnapped after being molested in public view, the UP police booked the accused under a milder Section 294 (obscene act in any public place) of the IPC as opposed to pressing kidnapping and molestation charges."
Jan 2, 2013 Delhi rape: juvenile raped woman twice and ripped off her intestine: "the juvenile associate of the men who executed the gangrape of December 16 was the most brutal of them all. According to the chargesheet, the juvenile had subjected the 23-year-old physiotherapist to sexual abuse twice, related stories No Psych Tests for Gangrape Accused Cold no deterrent, protesters call for Bharat Bandh today Rape victims from poor sections to get financial help once when she was unconscious. He extracted her intestine with his bare hands"
Jan 1, 2013 Give Us The Rope: India is in protest mode, for tough laws and tough rulers. What if we get what we want?
Jan 1, 2013 Seeing Through The Tears : Ultimately, it is not the political class or the police who can offer solutions. If some youngsters who have been following this story can be sensitised, we would have achieved something in the urban space.
Jan 1, 2013 Eve teaser sets girl on fire in UP: Even as the country bows to fight crime against women, another horrifying case of violence against women was reported in Uttar Pradesh.
Jan 1, 2013 Girl rescued from bus was escaping ‘rape’ at home
Jan 1, 2013 Physically challenged girl raped by father in Noida
Jan 1, 2013 Minor, mentally challenged girl raped in Bangalore: Amid the national outrage over rape cases, two more instances of alleged rape involving a minor and a mentally challenged girl were reported in Bangalore.An eight-year old girl was allegedl...
Jan 1, 2013 The Road To Anarchy: If everybody--whether protesters or the police-- start behaving and acting as they will, there will be anarchy.
Jan 1, 2013 Breaking The Silence: The on-going anti-rape protests may have been triggered by a publicly enacted brutality, but they are about a much greater anger, a pent-up fury about many, many issues
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi protests: 3000 police personnel deployed to control crowd: At least 3,000 security personnel, from Delhi Police and para-military forces, were manning roads in the heart of the capital to stop any violent demonstration, said a senior police officer on Thursday.
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi protests: Gap between govt and people is wider than before: The distance between the home ministry’s forbidding walls at North Block and India Gate is less than two kilometres. But the psychological distance is much, much greater.
Jan 1, 2013 Raped in UP and dumped in Delhi
Jan 1, 2013 Cold claims 15 lives in North India: The temperature in Delhi was four notches below normal at 16.6 degrees celsius.
Jan 1, 2013 Eve-teasing: five months to register an FIR in Bihar : A fractured wrist did not merit an FIR, let alone abusive words and harassment. When Seema (name changed) went to the police station to complain against harassment by local hooligans, the authorit...
Jan 1, 2013 Gang-rape victim ends life due to police apathy in Punjab : They took 14 days to register her case, prolonging the ignominy she suffered
Jan 1, 2013 ‘66 per cent children face sexual exploitation in Rajasthan’: 66 out of 100 children in Rajasthan are sexually exploited and 50 per cent of the perpetrators are known to the children; 39 per cent of girls living on pavements are sexually exploited before the...
Jan 1, 2013 Minor Dalit girl gang-raped in Bihar : A minor Dalit girl was gang-raped at Daniava in Bihar’s Patna district on Tuesday. The police have registered a case against Guddu Yadav, Arjun Yadav and Annu Kumar under Sections 383 (inte...
Jan 1, 2013 18-year-old girl raped by tribal youths in Maharashtra: In an outrageous case of gang-rape in Maharashtra, an 18-year old tribal student of the 12 standard was raped right outside her hostel in broad day-light by five youths in Nashik’s tribal taluka o...
Jan 1, 2013 Police cane protesters in Udupi: CPI(M) workers were marching against ‘made snana’, ‘pankti bheda’
Dec 31, 2012 Bihar sacks 251 rural job scheme officials for graft: "the performance audit of the MGNREGS in Bihar found that 73 percent of the Rs.8,189 crore scheme fund, spent in the state's 38 districts in six years (2006-12), were embezzled by the implementing authorities."
Dec 31, 2012 Held on harassment charge, he hangs self: "said the police threatened and humiliated him, sending him into an acute depression. They have also alleged that a police officer extorted Rs 10,000 from them."
Dec 31, 2012 Cops say killers ate tea planter’s flesh before setting house afire: "The culprits who had killed a tea planter and his wife in Upper Assam last Wednesday, first hacked him to death and then reportedly consumed his flesh before setting the house on fire to make it look like an incident of mob violence"
Dec 31, 2012 Delhi records highest rape cases: "It's a national shame. Delhi tops list of states with highest number of rape while Mumbai ranks second. Delhi braveheart Nirbhaya's case is not hers alone. Every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India. Every 18 hours a woman faces the same fate in Delhi. And, these distrubing figures have only been on the rise month after month, year after year."
Dec 31, 2012 Jind SP's 'sexist' guidelines: "If an MLA in Alwar wants girls to stop wearing skirts, an SP in Jind has his own bizarre solution. He wants women to stay indoors on New Year's eve so as to not invite trouble."
Dec 31, 2012 Delhi homeless brave winter chill worsened by state apathy, police abuse: "Cold, hungry, and homeless - over three lakh people in Delhi live on the streets, braving extreme weather, economic hardship and government apathy. A basement near central Delhi's Hanuman Mandir has been home to Ram Sagar Pandey for the last 25 years. He says, 'I am telling you. I have voted for Sheila Dikshit, without even having a ration card or an identity card."
Dec 30, 2012 Common man feels corruption has increased: Study - Times of India
Dec 30, 2012 Where death costs Rs. 15 and less: Bihar’s hooch tragedies point to a virtual bootlegging industry with huge turnovers
Dec 30, 2012 Six held for Tamil Nadu gang rape: Six people were arrested and a hunt was on for four others over a woman’s gang rape in Tamil Nadu, police said Wednesday. The 20-year-old was raped on Monday near Virudhachalam town. The...
Dec 30, 2012 Jaya Bachchan breaks down, says we should apologise: "Jaya Bachchan on Saturday broke down while addressing people in Mumbai during protests over Delhi gangrape."
Dec 30, 2012 Police not serious about such cases, says a rape victim husband: "A 28-year-old software engineer in Pune was kidnapped, raped and murdered by four people on October 7, 2009. The next day her body was recovered from a forest. Though the city crime branch managed to arrest the four accused soon, one of the culprits managed to escape from police custody in 2011 and since then police haven't been able to arrest him."
Dec 30, 2012 Need more women in police force: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: "After the tragic death of the Delhi braveheart, victim of a most brutal gangrape, the calls for stronger legislation have become louder."
Dec 30, 2012 Kolkata: Women narrate their daily ordeal: "A day after the Delhi braveheart succumbed to the grievous injuries inflicted to her during the most brutal gangrape ever reported from the city, protests continue across the nation to demand safety for women."
Dec 30, 2012 Another victim of police inaction?: "A 12 year old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Ahmedabad. The victim tried to end her life after the horrific incident. The father of the victim says despite repeated complaints the police have failed to take any action in the case. The 12 year old is in critical condition."
Dec 30, 2012 Birthday celebration for Gopal Kanda: ""His birthday is being celebrated everywhere, even in jail, and even in New Delhi." But what answer can the Bhupinder Hooda Government possibly have for its leaders attending the celebrations. Can the Bhupinder Hooda explain the lavish praise heaped upon Kanda by his partymen and how can will the Haryana Government justify it's leaders declaring a man accused of pushing a young woman into taking her own life innocent."
Dec 30, 2012 Chorus demanding change grows louder: "The peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar demanding speedy punishment for the rapists of the 23-year-old girl was marred by violence today when a group allegedly belonging to BJP's student wing ABVP clashed with police on being denied permission to take out a march."
Dec 30, 2012 Court is the only hope of outraged nation, says fresh plea : "“After the ghastly rape incident, the public anger against police and an apathetic ruling class… reflects that people across all parts of the country have little faith in the Executive and the Legislature wherein many of them are charged with rape and murder."
Dec 30, 2012 Sikh rights group decries “silence” over 1984 victims: "Responding to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s statement that as a woman and mother, she could understand the protesters’ emotions, the SFJ wondered if she had conveniently forgotten the “vicious cycle of rape and murder let loose against Sikh women in 1984 at the behest of her husband.”"
Dec 30, 2012 Fake degree certificate racket busted: "Police have seized fake documents including 113 marks cards, degree certificates and migration certificates of nine universities. They also seized notary stickers, fake seals,"
Dec 30, 2012 Bengal woman gangraped by six, hammered to death: "a 45-year-old woman and her husband were waylaid by six men as they were returning home from a brick kiln where they worked. After raping the woman, they bludgeoned her to death. The man was forced to drink acid."
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Jan 16, 2013 CNN: 'Slumdog' star: Rape could happen to me: "Actress Freida Pinto of "Slumdog Millionaire" talks to CNN's Erin Burnett about the recent rape cases in India."
Jan 16, 2013 Booked for standing up?: "In two separate cases of sexual harassment in West Bengal, the police and the residents chose to torment the people who came to the rescue of the victims. The bizarre treatment has shocked many. Why have these men who stood up against injustice been subjected to this treament?"
Jan 16, 2013 2004 Manipur rape-murder: No action against armed forces yet: "The 2004 rape and murder of Manorama in Manipur had shocked the nation and put the spotlight on the abuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal held up banners that said - 'Indian Army rape us'"
Jan 14, 2013 Mattress, blankets, warm water, sewadars for ex-Home Minister Gopal Kanda in Tihar Jail: newspaper report: "Kanda, being an MLA, is being given VIP facilities inside the jail. He has been seen sipping tea and resting inside the jailor's office several times."
Jan 14, 2013 Police tortured my brother: Delhi rape protest petitioner: "Three policemen hit me on my genitals with sticks and when I shouted for help they shoved a sock in my mouth,""
Jan 14, 2013 CNN: Discrimination begins in the womb: "CNN's Sumnima Udas examines the cycle of discrimination against women in India."
Jan 14, 2013 Lakshmi: Gang rape case 'disgusted me': "Author and 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi was born in India and speaks to Erin Burnett about India's gang rape case."
Jan 14, 2013 Unicef: Female foeticide in India: "The girls have not vanished overnight. Decades of sex determination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India."
Jan 14, 2013 BBC: The girls stolen from the streets of India: "Tens of thousands of girls disappear in India every year. They are sold into prostitution, domestic slavery and, increasingly, like Rukhsana, into marriage in the northern states of India where the sex ratio between men and women has been skewed by the illegal - but widespread - practice of aborting girl foetuses.", ""Police are well aware of what we do. I have to tell police when I am transporting a girl and I bribe police in every state - in Calcutta, in Delhi, in Haryana. "I have had troubles with authorities but I am not afraid - if I go to jail I now have enough money to bribe my way out.""
Jan 13, 2013 Asaram Bapu says, Delhi gangrape victim should have pleaded for mercy from rapists: "saying that the Delhi gang-rape victim should have called her culprits brothers and recited the Saraswati mantra,"
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gang rape has shaken nation's conscience, says Chief Justice of India: "The CJI said the high court chief justices should get in touch with the state governments for appointment of judicial officers but in the meantime some court should be designated as fast-track courts to exclusively deal with offences against women."
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gangrape: why criminal cases crawl through Indian courts: "When Angammal was being sexually abused inside a police station for six days over a decade ago, her son was just a little boy. As the case drags on in court, the little boy is now a student of law, convinced that he could argue his mother’s case better than any man in black robes. The trial in the case started 14 years ago. It continues today."
Jan 13, 2013 Apologise, Asaram Bapu!: "Godman Asaram Bapu shocks with one outrageous comment after another. Not only does he hold the victim responsible, but also suggested that rape laws should not be made more stringent as they would be misused. There is massive outrage over the Godman's comments and despite the deplorable comments there is no apology forthcoming. Nirbhaya's friend says he is shocked at Asaram Bapus insensitive comment, calling it a 'dirty remark'. Should Asaram Bapu be allowed to get away just because he is a self proclaimed Godman?"
Jan 13, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's male friend recounts attack: "The friend of a woman who died after being raped on a bus in Delhi has given his first interview since the incident."
Jan 13, 2013 'Much more activism needed' after India rape case: "India's first and highest ranking woman police officer, Kiran Bedi, has said she was not surprised the gang rape of a 23 year old in Delhi."
Jan 13, 2013 Women's safety: Have our political leaders failed us?: "Under fire over his 'India and Bharat' comment, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat got another jolt over an alleged comment on the role of women in society. 'A husband and a wife are involved in a social contract. The wife has to take care of the household work and the husband has to meet her needs and protect her. If the wife violates the contract, the husband can disown her,' he said while addressing a rally in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. That soundbyte sparked a row, before the RSS clarified that he was misinterpreted."
Jan 13, 2013 Noida alleged rape-murder case: Police under fire over inaction: "In the alleged rape and murder case of a 21-year-old girl, police have once again come under fire over inaction. Five policemen were suspended after the girl's family alleged that the Noida Police did not register a complaint when they approached it after their daughter went missing. The family feels that had the police acted promptly after the girl went missing, she could have been saved."
Jan 13, 2013 Rajasthan: Men who allegedly raped 11-yr-old in Aug 2012 roam free: "An 11-year-old girl was gangraped in August 2012 in Rajasthan's Sikar region. Her family is still fighting for justice. The family says it continues to get threats from the accused and has got little in terms of help from the government."
Jan 13, 2013 This Troll Has A Very Long Nose: "Who bugged the internet? Why is the government so afraid that it’s resorting to stealth censorship?"
Jan 13, 2013 An equal law for legislators, public: "MLAs and MPs seek to cushion themselves with privileges and perks that sometimes appear dubious and can conceivably be of little use to ordinary citizens who voted them in."
Jan 12, 2013 The Man Who Spins Words In Sulphur
Jan 12, 2013 Where's the equality, Uttarakhand CM?: "Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said there is no need for fast track courts in the state for early disposal of cases related to crime against women. Again on Saturday (January 12), after their directive prohibiting women from working beyond 6 pm"
Jan 12, 2013 Uttarakhand’s 6pm curfew for women hits a raw nerve: "announcement that women cannot work after 6pm in select sectors."
Jan 12, 2013 ‘You can hardly sneeze without breaking law’: "There are so many laws in this country already. Every topic has a law. We are an over-legislated country. You can hardly sneeze without breaking law. More laws you make, more cases will build up; because laws are not implemented it leads to people losing faith in law."
Jan 12, 2013 Cong hits out at U'khand CM for remark against women: "The Congress on Saturday slammed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna for his remarks against women. Bahuguna had said that women should not work after 6.00 pm."
Jan 12, 2013 LoC killings: Govt did not help us at all, says martyr's family: "Twenty nine-year-old Hemraj hailed from Shernagar village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. On January 8, Lance Naik Hemraj, along with Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, were killed near the LoC by Pakistani troops."
Jan 12, 2013 Mumbai: Calls for suspension of ACP Dhoble after hawker's death: "Vasant Dhoble, one of Mumbai's most controversial policemen, is back in the headlines after a fruit-hawker died during a raid led by him in Santacruz."
Jan 11, 2013 SC says Delhi unsafe, seeks govt view on two-finger test: "“There is no safety for women. We are failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect,” the apex court said while asking authorities to respond to a petition to examine the suitability of the controversial two-finger medical test conducted on rape victims. The two-finger test, in which a doctor inserts two fingers into a woman’s genital tract to determine whether sexual activity has taken place"
Jan 6, 2013 Agony of India's many unfortunate daughters: "More than 630 women are known to have been raped in New Delhi last year,"
Jan 6, 2013 'Women should be housewives and men earning members': "After creating a furore with his India-Bharat remark on increasing rapes in the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has once again kicked up a controversy by saying that women must restrict themselves to household work. In a speech in Indore, Bhagwat said that a husband and a wife are bound by a social contract where the wife has to take care of the household chores and the husband's duty is to earn for the house and protect his wife."
Jan 6, 2013 Bangalore: Police bust kidney racket, arrest three: "In a four-day operation in Bangalore, police have busted a kidney racket and have arrested three of its seven members. 'This racket has been working for the last three to four years in Bangalore. It also operates in Mysore where corporate hospitals are there. Names of few hospitals have come up but their role is yet to be established. We'll find that in the course of investigation,' said SP Ramanagara Anupam Agarwal."
Jan 6, 2013 Rs 20 crore meant for night shelters in Delhi siphoned off: "Callousness and deep-rooted corruption in Delhi government couldn't have emerged in a more chilling manner this freezing winter."
Jan 6, 2013 Delhi cops tore up a sheet, asked me to lift gangrape victim, I did, with my injuries, Damini's friend reveals: ""the police took us to Safdarjung Hospital rather than going to the nearest private hospital. Had it not been late at night, when there's hardly any traffic on the roads, my friend would have died that very day."
Jan 5, 2013 CNN: Villagers beat politician accused of rape: "Watch as villagers strip and beat an Indian politician accused of raping a middle-age mother of two."
Jan 5, 2013 Delhi Police's callousness exposed: "As the nation is seething with anger, the friend of the Delhi gangrape victim who was also beaten up by the rapists has revealed chilling details of Police callousness. He said while the rape victim was battling for her life, the Delhi Police wasted crucial time in arguing about jurisdiction and only after a delay of 30 minutes they took a bleeding Nirbhaya to the hospital."
Jan 5, 2013 4 years on, no justice: "A 25 year old software engineer who lived in Pune was gangraped by 4 men on way back from work in Oct 2009. She was found murdered in Zarewadi forest, 50 kms from Pune city. The key accused escaped from the city's Sassoon hospital in Sept 2012 allegedly with police aid."
Jan 5, 2013 After spewing venom, a disappearing act: "Akbaruddin Owaisi has hade made not one but many inflammatory speeches, forcing the law to take action against the hate mongering MLA from Hyderabad. The police have registered 2 firs against the MIM MLA for his venomous speech in Adilabad district on December 24 and have sent him a notice."
Jan 5, 2013 Curbing the right to protest: "Brute force: The government is systematically suppressing democratic protests"
Jan 5, 2013 Purge the police force: "The police repression of the young protesters against the gang-rape in Delhi was only one such in a series of incidents where the law protectors have turned brutal."
Jan 4, 2013 Delhi gang-rape victim's friend: Cops wasted 30 minutes arguing about jurisdiction: ""My friend was grievously injured and bleeding profusely. Cars, autos and bikes slowed down and sped away. I kept waving for help. The ones who stopped stared at us, discussing what could have happened. Nobody did anything,""
Jan 4, 2013 UP panchayat asks rape victim to settle case with Rs 50,000 compensation: "Rs.50,000 as compensation for being kidnapped, taken to Nagpur and raped in captivity for many days. That is what a panchayat in Uttar Pradesh has offered a 13-year-old who came to them with her tale of horror at the hands of a youth from the village."
Jan 4, 2013 J&K Rifles jawan, 2 other held after molested woman jumps from Brahmaputra Mail in Bihar: "The woman ran for her life inside the B1 coach, with other commuters remaining mute spectators."
Jan 4, 2013 Killed for defending a woman: "A man was killed and three others were injured allegedly by a gang of drunkards as they resisted the alcoholics from assaulting a married woman in Bariatu locality in Ranchi,"
Jan 4, 2013 Outrageous comment by MP Min: "Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya was at the centre of a controversy today over his remark that women must not cross the 'Lakshman rekha' to avoid unwanted consequences, prompting an embarrassed BJP to disassociate itself from the comment."
Jan 4, 2013 UP cop caught on camera threatening media: "A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district was caught on camera abusing journalists for reporting incidents of crime against women. The SSP of Kushinagar, DK Chowdhri, was seen threatening the media for reporting delay in police action in a rape case."
Jan 4, 2013 Ranchi: Man tries to protect woman, beaten to death: "A 38-year-old medical representative in Ranchi in Jharkhand was beaten to death on January 1 by a group of drunk men as he tried to prevent them from attacking a woman."
Jan 4, 2013 'Nomads prime targets of kidney racketeers': "The agents have established a well-oiled racket over the past decade and a half, which involves greasing the right official palms in the taluk, residents alleged."
Jan 4, 2013 More detained in Bangalore kidney racket: "Intensifying investigations into a kidney transplantation racket involving government officials and major hospitals in the city"
Jan 4, 2013 Conviction in crimes against women low: Shinde: "Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday reiterated his stand on increasing the number of women police officials."
Jan 4, 2013 Cops kept fighting about jurisdiction: Delhi gangrape victim’s friend: "they had seen the worst faces of humanity and the police on that fateful evening."
Jan 3, 2013 पीड़िता के गांव में क्यों दहशत में हैं लड़कियां?: "दिल्ली सामूहिक बलात्कार कांड की पीड़ित लड़की के गांव में लोग अब अपनी बेटियों को घर से बाहर भेजने में डर रहे हैं."
Jan 3, 2013 'मैं बलात्कार पीड़ित हूं...मेरी और कोई पहचान नहीं': "सरकारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में हर 14 घंटों पर एक महिला बलात्कार का शिकार होती है."
Jan 3, 2013 BBC: Assam women beat 'sex-attack politician' Bikram Singh Brahma
Jan 3, 2013 Bihar panchayat bans use of mobile phones by girls
Jan 3, 2013 Woman forced to have sex with tantrik to birth son kills self
Jan 3, 2013 Hate speech: Andhra Govt mute spectator: "He made a provocative, inflammatory speech nearly 10 days ago, but the Andhra Pradesh government has failed to take any action against MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi as he holidays in London."
Jan 3, 2013 Darul Uloom Deoband bans smartphones; handsets of 14 students seized, destroyed: "Darul Uloom deputy vice-chancellor Maulana Abdul Khalik said the seminary authorities acted on complaints from unnamed people that the students were misusing multi-media cellphones for "morally un-acceptable purposes""
Jan 2, 2013 A convicted rapist on the loose: "It has been 7 years since Bitti Mohanty, convicted of rape, went underground. His father, who was a top police officer in Orissa in 2006, got him out on bail but completely washed his hands off the case after Bitti turned an absconder. TIMES NOW has been following the story relentlessly and reveals how the top cop's rapist son was allowed to go missing."
Jan 2, 2013 In Akhilesh raj, no justice for rape victim?: "Just 70 kms from New Delhi, the epicentre of protests for better security for women a rape victim has been running from pillar to post to just get the U.P police to register a case. In fact they only gave in after she threatened to immolate herself. It doesn't end there. Now, the police wants her to 'compromise' with the rapist who's a politician?"
Jan 2, 2013 News 360: Delhi HC pulls up police for imposing sec 144 at India Gate: "The High Court said that the Delhi Police should have tried to maintain law and order instead of imposing section 144."
Jan 2, 2013 Girl molested, abducted in public view, cops slap obscenity charges: "What is more astonishing is that even though the victim was kidnapped after being molested in public view, the UP police booked the accused under a milder Section 294 (obscene act in any public place) of the IPC as opposed to pressing kidnapping and molestation charges."
Jan 2, 2013 Delhi rape: juvenile raped woman twice and ripped off her intestine: "the juvenile associate of the men who executed the gangrape of December 16 was the most brutal of them all. According to the chargesheet, the juvenile had subjected the 23-year-old physiotherapist to sexual abuse twice, related stories No Psych Tests for Gangrape Accused Cold no deterrent, protesters call for Bharat Bandh today Rape victims from poor sections to get financial help once when she was unconscious. He extracted her intestine with his bare hands"
Jan 1, 2013 Give Us The Rope: India is in protest mode, for tough laws and tough rulers. What if we get what we want?
Jan 1, 2013 Seeing Through The Tears : Ultimately, it is not the political class or the police who can offer solutions. If some youngsters who have been following this story can be sensitised, we would have achieved something in the urban space.
Jan 1, 2013 Eve teaser sets girl on fire in UP: Even as the country bows to fight crime against women, another horrifying case of violence against women was reported in Uttar Pradesh.
Jan 1, 2013 Girl rescued from bus was escaping ‘rape’ at home
Jan 1, 2013 Physically challenged girl raped by father in Noida
Jan 1, 2013 Minor, mentally challenged girl raped in Bangalore: Amid the national outrage over rape cases, two more instances of alleged rape involving a minor and a mentally challenged girl were reported in Bangalore.An eight-year old girl was allegedl...
Jan 1, 2013 The Road To Anarchy: If everybody--whether protesters or the police-- start behaving and acting as they will, there will be anarchy.
Jan 1, 2013 Breaking The Silence: The on-going anti-rape protests may have been triggered by a publicly enacted brutality, but they are about a much greater anger, a pent-up fury about many, many issues
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi protests: 3000 police personnel deployed to control crowd: At least 3,000 security personnel, from Delhi Police and para-military forces, were manning roads in the heart of the capital to stop any violent demonstration, said a senior police officer on Thursday.
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi protests: Gap between govt and people is wider than before: The distance between the home ministry’s forbidding walls at North Block and India Gate is less than two kilometres. But the psychological distance is much, much greater.
Jan 1, 2013 Raped in UP and dumped in Delhi
Jan 1, 2013 Cold claims 15 lives in North India: The temperature in Delhi was four notches below normal at 16.6 degrees celsius.
Jan 1, 2013 Eve-teasing: five months to register an FIR in Bihar : A fractured wrist did not merit an FIR, let alone abusive words and harassment. When Seema (name changed) went to the police station to complain against harassment by local hooligans, the authorit...
Jan 1, 2013 Gang-rape victim ends life due to police apathy in Punjab : They took 14 days to register her case, prolonging the ignominy she suffered
Jan 1, 2013 ‘66 per cent children face sexual exploitation in Rajasthan’: 66 out of 100 children in Rajasthan are sexually exploited and 50 per cent of the perpetrators are known to the children; 39 per cent of girls living on pavements are sexually exploited before the...
Jan 1, 2013 Minor Dalit girl gang-raped in Bihar : A minor Dalit girl was gang-raped at Daniava in Bihar’s Patna district on Tuesday. The police have registered a case against Guddu Yadav, Arjun Yadav and Annu Kumar under Sections 383 (inte...
Jan 1, 2013 18-year-old girl raped by tribal youths in Maharashtra: In an outrageous case of gang-rape in Maharashtra, an 18-year old tribal student of the 12 standard was raped right outside her hostel in broad day-light by five youths in Nashik’s tribal taluka o...
Jan 1, 2013 Police cane protesters in Udupi: CPI(M) workers were marching against ‘made snana’, ‘pankti bheda’
Dec 31, 2012 Bihar sacks 251 rural job scheme officials for graft: "the performance audit of the MGNREGS in Bihar found that 73 percent of the Rs.8,189 crore scheme fund, spent in the state's 38 districts in six years (2006-12), were embezzled by the implementing authorities."
Dec 31, 2012 Held on harassment charge, he hangs self: "said the police threatened and humiliated him, sending him into an acute depression. They have also alleged that a police officer extorted Rs 10,000 from them."
Dec 31, 2012 Cops say killers ate tea planter’s flesh before setting house afire: "The culprits who had killed a tea planter and his wife in Upper Assam last Wednesday, first hacked him to death and then reportedly consumed his flesh before setting the house on fire to make it look like an incident of mob violence"
Dec 31, 2012 Delhi records highest rape cases: "It's a national shame. Delhi tops list of states with highest number of rape while Mumbai ranks second. Delhi braveheart Nirbhaya's case is not hers alone. Every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India. Every 18 hours a woman faces the same fate in Delhi. And, these distrubing figures have only been on the rise month after month, year after year."
Dec 31, 2012 Jind SP's 'sexist' guidelines: "If an MLA in Alwar wants girls to stop wearing skirts, an SP in Jind has his own bizarre solution. He wants women to stay indoors on New Year's eve so as to not invite trouble."
Dec 31, 2012 Delhi homeless brave winter chill worsened by state apathy, police abuse: "Cold, hungry, and homeless - over three lakh people in Delhi live on the streets, braving extreme weather, economic hardship and government apathy. A basement near central Delhi's Hanuman Mandir has been home to Ram Sagar Pandey for the last 25 years. He says, 'I am telling you. I have voted for Sheila Dikshit, without even having a ration card or an identity card."
Dec 30, 2012 Common man feels corruption has increased: Study - Times of India
Dec 30, 2012 Where death costs Rs. 15 and less: Bihar’s hooch tragedies point to a virtual bootlegging industry with huge turnovers
Dec 30, 2012 Six held for Tamil Nadu gang rape: Six people were arrested and a hunt was on for four others over a woman’s gang rape in Tamil Nadu, police said Wednesday. The 20-year-old was raped on Monday near Virudhachalam town. The...
Dec 30, 2012 Jaya Bachchan breaks down, says we should apologise: "Jaya Bachchan on Saturday broke down while addressing people in Mumbai during protests over Delhi gangrape."
Dec 30, 2012 Police not serious about such cases, says a rape victim husband: "A 28-year-old software engineer in Pune was kidnapped, raped and murdered by four people on October 7, 2009. The next day her body was recovered from a forest. Though the city crime branch managed to arrest the four accused soon, one of the culprits managed to escape from police custody in 2011 and since then police haven't been able to arrest him."
Dec 30, 2012 Need more women in police force: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: "After the tragic death of the Delhi braveheart, victim of a most brutal gangrape, the calls for stronger legislation have become louder."
Dec 30, 2012 Kolkata: Women narrate their daily ordeal: "A day after the Delhi braveheart succumbed to the grievous injuries inflicted to her during the most brutal gangrape ever reported from the city, protests continue across the nation to demand safety for women."
Dec 30, 2012 Another victim of police inaction?: "A 12 year old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Ahmedabad. The victim tried to end her life after the horrific incident. The father of the victim says despite repeated complaints the police have failed to take any action in the case. The 12 year old is in critical condition."
Dec 30, 2012 Birthday celebration for Gopal Kanda: ""His birthday is being celebrated everywhere, even in jail, and even in New Delhi." But what answer can the Bhupinder Hooda Government possibly have for its leaders attending the celebrations. Can the Bhupinder Hooda explain the lavish praise heaped upon Kanda by his partymen and how can will the Haryana Government justify it's leaders declaring a man accused of pushing a young woman into taking her own life innocent."
Dec 30, 2012 Chorus demanding change grows louder: "The peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar demanding speedy punishment for the rapists of the 23-year-old girl was marred by violence today when a group allegedly belonging to BJP's student wing ABVP clashed with police on being denied permission to take out a march."
Dec 30, 2012 Court is the only hope of outraged nation, says fresh plea : "“After the ghastly rape incident, the public anger against police and an apathetic ruling class… reflects that people across all parts of the country have little faith in the Executive and the Legislature wherein many of them are charged with rape and murder."
Dec 30, 2012 Sikh rights group decries “silence” over 1984 victims: "Responding to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s statement that as a woman and mother, she could understand the protesters’ emotions, the SFJ wondered if she had conveniently forgotten the “vicious cycle of rape and murder let loose against Sikh women in 1984 at the behest of her husband.”"
Dec 30, 2012 Fake degree certificate racket busted: "Police have seized fake documents including 113 marks cards, degree certificates and migration certificates of nine universities. They also seized notary stickers, fake seals,"
Dec 30, 2012 Bengal woman gangraped by six, hammered to death: "a 45-year-old woman and her husband were waylaid by six men as they were returning home from a brick kiln where they worked. After raping the woman, they bludgeoned her to death. The man was forced to drink acid."
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