Dec 16 should be made annual pledge day: Harsh Vardhan

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:24

BJP`s Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan on Sunday demanded December 16 to be made an annual pledge day against violence towards women in memory of the paramedical student who was gang-raped on this day a year ago.

Rape cases doubled, molestation rose six times since Dec 16

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 16:00

Under severe attack after the December 16 gang-rape, Delhi police took a slew of steps like setting up helplines and women help desks at police stations to ensure women`s safety but there is no let up in the crimes against them which have actually increased during the period.

Rape cases doubled, molestation rose six times since Dec 16

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 13:08

Under severe attack after the December 16 gang rape, Delhi police took a slew of steps like setting up helplines and women help desks at police stations to ensure women`s safety but there is no let up in the crimes against them which have actually increased during the period.

Where is the change? ask women as safety remains key issue

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 12:20

The brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old exactly a year ago had led to massive public outcry with thousands of people pouring out on streets in rage forcing Parliament to enact a new anti-rape law but nothing much has changed when it comes to safety of women in the capital.

Delhi gang-rape: Our tears haven`t dried, says braveheart`s father

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 10:12

"Our tears have not dried. With each passing day her memories get more intense. Someone is always crying at home"- these words of the father of December 16 gang rape victim describe the pain and struggle of her family to overcome the tragedy that shook India a year ago.

Anoushka to pay tribute to Delhi gangrape victim through song

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 16:10

Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is all set to perform her track on Delhi gangrape victim at a concert here on Saturday.

December 16 gang-rape: Two convcits claim they were not among six

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 21:34

Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gang-rape case on Thursday claimed before the Delhi High Court that they were not among the six persons who had raped the girl in the moving bus.

Delhi gang-rape case: SC seeks Centre`s reply on laws on juvenility

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 12:25

Nearly a year after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl here, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre`s stand on criminal courts` power to decide `juvenility` of an offender, who are between the age of 16 to 18 years, in heinous crimes.

PIL against India Gate prohibitory orders during stir rejected

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 15:31

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL against imposition of prohibitory orders around India Gate during the anti-rape stir last year.

Dec 16 gang-rape convicts given Hindi version of order

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 18:27

Delhi High Court was Monday informed that the four death row convicts in the December 16 gang-rape case have been given Hindi translation of the judgement and other trial records.

Music is a tool to educate society: Manpreet Dhami

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 17:42

Writer-composer Manpreet Dhami, who shot to fame with his song dedicated to the Delhi gangrape victim, feels music is a tool to educate society.

Pranab worried over frequent disruptions in legislatures

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 00:53

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed his concern over the frequent disruptions in legislatures and said law-makers resorting to such acts are causing great disservice to people.