Delhi girl gets mother arrested for taking Rs 5 lakh bribe to ‘settle’ rape case
New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl approached the police alleging that her parents tried to force her into changing her statement in favour of two men accused of raping her in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area. According to the police, the girl alleged that her parents were paid Rs 5 lakh from the accused to force her […]
8-year-old girl raped, killed at wedding in UP
Lucknow: As the country is simmering with anger over the recent cases of rape and murder, another horrific incident has been reported from Uttar Pradesh. An eight year old girl was raped and killed at a village in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday evening. The girl who was attending a wedding function with her […]
Aadhaar data breach can influence outcome of elections, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern that the Aadhaar data information available outside the world can even influence the outcome of elections. Justice DY Chandrachud sitting along with the Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Kanwilkar and Ashok Bhushan told senior counsel Rakesh Diwedi, appearing for Unique Identity […]
UP man ties wife to fan, beats with belt, sends video to in-laws asking for dowry
Shahjahanpur: In yet another shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a man tied his wife to the ceiling fan and brutally beat her with a belt and even filmed the entire incident before sending the video to his brother-in-law threatening that he will further torture her if his demands of dowry are not met. The incident […]
SC seeks JK govt’s reply by April 27 on transfer of Kathua case to Chandigarh
Putting the ball in Jammu and Kashmir government’s court, the Supreme Court on Monday asked it to reply by April 27 whether a plea to transfer the Kathua rape and murder case from the state’s courts to Chandigarh should be allowed. According to the report published in The Times of India, the father sought security […]
Fast track rape cases of minors if you are serious: Rahul to PM
Amid public outrage over Kathua and Unnao rape cases, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fast track cases of rapes of minors and punish the guilty if he was serious about providing justice to the country’s daughters. Gandhi pointed out that there were as many as 19,675 cases of rapes […]
Mutilated Body of 9-Year-Old Girl Found in Canal Near Rohtak
Amid widespread rallies protesting the grotesque rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir, the Haryana police on Sunday, 15 April, discovered the body of a 9-year-old in a canal near Rohtak. According to ANI, the body was recovered by the police – found stuffed in a green bag – in a […]
No justice in Mecca Masjid blast case: Asaduddin Owaisi
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today alleged that the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case in which all the five accused facing trial were acquitted, had not been pursued properly by anti-terror investigative agency NIA. Hyderabad Lok Sabha member Owaisi alleged on a micro-blogging site that most of the witnesses in the Mecca Masjid blast case had […]
Give security to Kathua victim’s family and lawyer: SC to J&K govt
The Supreme Court today directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide security to the family of the eight-year-old Kathua gangrape and murder victim, the lawyer and a family friend assisting them in pursuing the case. The apex court also took note of a plea of the victim’s father seeking transfer of the trial of […]
5 Accused in Mecca Masjid bomb blast case acquitted
Hyderabad: A special anti-terror court in Hyderabad Monday acquitted right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand and four others in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove charges against them. A massive blast had ripped through the Mecca Masjid on May 8, 2007, during Friday prayers, killing nine people and wounding 58. […]
