Birbhum tribal leaders deny any gang-rape had taken place

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:11

Tribal leaders in Birbhum district where a 20-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped recently have stuck to the claim that the girl had lied to frame the morol(village headman) and the media was defaming the traditional justice system of the Santhal community.

West Bengal gang-rape case: Statements recorded in court, permission for DNA test sought

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:21

Khalek Sheikh, the fiancee of the girl who was gang-raped on the orders of a kangaroo court after she failed to pay a hefty fine for being in love with a man from another community, on Tuesday recorded his statement in court as witness.

Delhi gang-rape victim`s father seeks death penalty for rapists

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 19:46

The parents of the 23-year-old girl, who was gang-raped in Delhi in December 2012, have advocated for corporal punishment to offenders in rape cases.

Birbhum gang-rape case: Additional district judge visits crime spot

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 16:22

Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the additional district judge of Suri on Monday visited the Birbhum gang-rape victim in hospital and also the crime spot in Subolpur village.

Never remain silent about rape: Parents of Delhi rape victim

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:08

The parents of the 23-year-old girl, who was brutally gang-raped in a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 on Sunday made an impassioned appeal to rape victims asking them not to remain silent and should not hesitate to fight.

Gang-rape victim`s family members provided police security

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:38

The family members of the gang-rape victim in West Bengal`s Birbhum district has been provided police protection, a senior police official said on Sunday.

Governments must put down kangaroo courts: Narayanan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 23:02

After a kangaroo court ordered the gang-rape of a tribal girl in Birbhum district, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Saturday said such courts should be put down by all state governments.

Altamas Kabir backs SC move in Birbhum gang-rape case

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 19:04

Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir supported Supreme Court`s move in taking suo moto cognizance of gangrape incident of tribal woman at instance of village headman at Birbhum of West Bengal.

Kangaroo court unacceptable in West Bengal: Minister

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:05

Terming kangaroo courts as unacceptable in the state, West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja on Friday said that the administration was with the tribal girl who was gang-raped on the orders of one such court.

Muzaffarnagar riots: One gang-rape accused arrested

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 23:40

Police on Friday arrested one person, who was among 22 people issued non-bailable warrant for their alleged involvement in five incidents of gang-rape during Muzaffarnagar riots.

SC takes suo motu cognizance of West Bengal gang-rape

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 22:39

The Supreme Court Friday took suo motu cognizance of the "very disturbing" gang rape of a 19-year old girl in West Bengal`s Birbhum district on basis of a newspaper report and ordered the district judge to submit a report.

Bengal`s image completely sullied: Somnath Chatterjee

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:16

Observing that the rising instances of crimes against women had "sullied" the image of West Bengal and "people are laughing at us", former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee Friday asked the authorities to wake up.