Working to curb sexual crimes against women on trains: Patil

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:43

Alarmed by the spate of eve-teasing and molestation incidents involving women on local trains in the city, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Monday said Government Railway Police had started taking stringent action to curb such crimes.

Photojournalist gang-rape case chargesheet by Thursday: Patil

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 21:41

Mumbai police will on Thursday file chargesheets against five accused in photo-journalist gang-rape case, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said.

Mumbai gang-rape: Chargesheet likely to be filed this week

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

Speeding up legal proceedings in the photojournalist`s gangrape case that triggered nationwide outrage, Mumbai police is all set file a charge sheet against five accused in a couple of days.

CID not to exhume Sanam Hasan`s body

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 13:44

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has decided not to exhume the body of Sanam Hasan. Sanam, a student of the Symbiosis Institute of Fashion Design, had died under mysterious circumstances on October 3, 2012.

Both system, Naxals hindering Gadchiroli`s development: Patil

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 12:40

Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has underlined the urgent need of forming a District Development Authority for Gadchiroli.

Maharashtra Home Minister personally supervising gang-rape case probe

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 18:23

Under fire from the opposition in the wake of gang-rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist here, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil is personally supervising the probe into the case round the clock.

Third arrest in Mumbai gang-rape, two other accused sent to police custody

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 08:17

In the brutal gang-rape incident of a 23-year-old photojournalist here, Mumbai police on Saturday night arrested the third accused.

Woman journalists should take police protection in suspicious places: RR Patil

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 22:04

With opposition gunning for his head over the Mumbai gang-rape incident, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil had a word of advice for women journalists on assignments in suspicious places--take police protection.

Dabholkar killing probe heading in right direction: Patil

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:09

The probe in the murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar is heading in the right direction, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said Friday.

Govt to seek suggestions from journos on women`s safety: RR Patil

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:02

Patil also said that police will launch a drive against the drug addicts, who are often found at deserted premises such as the Shakti Mills compound where the gang-rape took place.

Mumbai journalists hold protest to condemn gang-rape

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 17:58

Journalists on Friday held a rally and a `silent protest` here to condemn the brutal gang-rape of a photojournalist, interning with an English magazine.

Mumbai gang-rape: Maharashtra govt to foot medical bill of victim

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 15:47

Maharashtra government will bear the expenses for the treatment of the photojournalist who was gang-raped by five men in Mumbai yesterday, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here on Friday.