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  • Gang-rape victim gives statement

    New Delhi :  The 23-year-old gang-rape victim Saturday recorded her statement before a sub-divisional magistrate about the Dec 16 incident. The young paramedical student, who is in a critical condition at Safdarjung Hospital here Saturday “told the SDM about the entire incident”, said a police official, adding that her statement is now admissible in court. […]

    Himachal legislator booked for murder, on the run

    Shimla :  Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting Saturday to elect Himachal Pradesh’s next chief minister, one of the party’s newly elected legislators has gone underground after being booked in a murder case. Ram Kumar Chaudhary, a first-time MLA from Doon constituency in Solan district, is one of the four suspects in the […]

    11 killed near Pakistan-Iran border

    Islamabad : Unidentified men killed 11 people comprising six Pakistanis and five Afghans in Pakistan’s Balochistan province while they were trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran, Geo News reported Saturday. The deceased, travelling in three vehicles, were on their way to Europe when they were killed near Iran-Pakistan border in Gawadar district of the […]

    Massive protest against gang-rape at India Gate

    New Delhi:  Thousands of people protesting against the torture and gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus and demanding safety for women converged at India Gate and marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan here Saturday. The rape victim is currently battling for her life in a hospital. The protesters started arriving at the site since […]

    Congress leadership summons Kiran Kumar Reddy to Delhi

    Hyderabad : Amid speculations of a possible leadership change in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Kira Kumar Reddy Saturday rushed to Delhi on summons from the Congress leadership. The chief minister cancelled all his scheduled programmes for Saturday to leave for the national capital, where Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana are […]

    Special aircraft leaves with the accused Italian Marines

    The two Italian Marines currently on bail here after being charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen, and who were allowed to fly back to their country to celebrate Christmas, left here in the early hours of Saturday. Even though the Marines had reached the Kochi international airport Friday evening, a fresh letter had […]

    Parliamentary panel summons home secretary, Delhi Police chief

    New Delhi :  Taking note of the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in south Delhi Sunday night which has evoked a huge public outcry, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has summoned Home Secretary R.K. Singh and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Dec 27. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu […]

    Change patriarchal system to stem rape, say Muslim clerics

    Mumbai :  Rape can only be stemmed through a change in the present “capitalistic, patriarchal” social system, a group of Muslim clerics said Friday as they condemned the “horrifying and spine-chilling” gang-rape of a 23-year-old in Delhi. Demanding justice for the girl, who is battling for life in a Delhi hospital, the clerics said in […]

    Probe nails Balco for Chhattisgarh industrial tragedy

    The judicial probe report into Chhattisgarh’s biggest industrial tragedy at Balco power plant when a chimney collapsed in Sept 2009, killing 40 workers, was tabled in the state assembly Friday. The report blames Balco and others for the incident. The Chhattisgarh government that had appointed district and sessions court judge Sandeep Bakshi to investigate the […]

    Zee News journalist files defamation suit against Jindal

    Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary, arrested on an extortion complaint filed by Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal but now granted bail, Friday filed a defamation suit against Jindal for “falsely implicating” him in the FIR and making a false statement in a press conference. After a brief hearing, a Delhi court hearing the complaint […]