Thursday, 21 March 2013

Parliament passes anti-rape bill, makes voyeurism, stalking punishable and ...

Parliament passes anti-rape bill, makes voyeurism, stalking punishable and ...

Parliament passes anti-rape bill, makes voyeurism, stalking punishable and ...

Parliament on Thursday passed the anti-rape bill which keeps the age for consensual sex at 18 years and makes voyeurism and stalking punishable offences, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, ...
CBI raids may not be govt

CBI raids may not be govt's vendetta against DMK: Karunanidhi

Chennai: Exactly 24 hours after DMK ministers officially walked out of the UPA government, the CBI raided the premises of DMK heir apparent, MK Stalin. The stated objective was to look for a missing imported car, on which import duty hadn't been paid.
Yeddyurappa releases 1st list of candidates for Assembly polls

Yeddyurappa releases 1st list of candidates for Assembly polls

KJP headed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday released its first list of 69 candidates for the May 5 Assembly polls. BANGALORE: The Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) headed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today released its ...
Delhi gangrape: Two accused seek bail

Delhi gangrape: Two accused seek bail

New Delhi: Two of the accused involved in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi sought bail from a fast-track court. Accused Mukesh and Vinay Sharma, two of the five adult accused who had allegedly gangraped the ...
Tripura to get a separate high court on March 26: Sources

Tripura to get a separate high court on March 26: Sources

Agartala: Tripura, which has the Agartala bench of the Gauhati High Court, would get a separate high court on March 26, official sources said on Thursday. "The Union Law ministry and Supreme court have agreed to set up a separate high court for Tripura on ...
RSS raises concern over use of

RSS raises concern over use of 'saheb' for Afzal Guru

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir wing of RSS on Thursday expressed concern over the description of the hanged Parliament attack convict, as Afzal Guru "saheb" in the state Assembly. "Use of respectful words for a terrorist like Afzal Guru is dangerous for the ...
Mumbai blasts: Roles of convicts whose life term upheld

Mumbai blasts: Roles of convicts whose life term upheld

Police and custom officials were among the convicts whose life imprisonment by the TADA court for their varying roles in the 1993 Mumbai blasts was on Thursday upheld by the Supreme Court. Other convicts whose life sentence was upheld along with Vijay ...
Anna Hazare to embark on nationwide tour from 31 March

Anna Hazare to embark on nationwide tour from 31 March

The tour, called Jantantra Yatra, will begin from the historic Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Photo: PTI. Also Read. Anna Hazare likely to attend Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite fast · Have proof of corruption in farm debt waiver scheme: Hazare · Arvind Kejriwal to sit ...
Orphanage founder gets death sentence in girls

Orphanage founder gets death sentence in girls' gangrape case

Observing that the convict "was a menace to the society," a local court today awarded death sentence to the founder of an orphanage for murder of an inmate and gang rape of five mentally-challenged girls, including three minors. One of the victims, suffering ...
Militants resurface in Srinagar, kill soldier in ambush, injure another

Militants resurface in Srinagar, kill soldier in ambush, injure another

In just one week's time, militants struck for the second time on Srinagar's crucial national highway on Thursday and fired from heavy weaponry at a passing Border Security Forces (BSF) vehicle by laying an ambush early in the morning. One soldier was killed ...