TMC govt trying to settle scores with Justice Ganguly: Adhir Chowdhury

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 18:52

Union minister Adhir Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for trying to `settle old scores` with WBHRC chairman AK Ganguly over the law intern case, but said that the former supreme court judge should resign on moral grounds.

Indian cabbie jailed in Australia for rape

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:50

A 30-year-old Indian taxi driver has been sentenced to six years in prison in Australia for raping a drunk and vulnerable teenage schoolgirl who he had been asked to drop home.

Odhisa nun rape case: SC asks trial court to deliver verdict

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 21:59

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a trial court in Odhisa to deliver its verdict in a case involving rape of a Christian nun during the 2008 Kandhamal riots within three months.

Crime Branch officials grilling Narayan Sai in Surat

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 09:27

elf-styled godman Asaram Bapu`s son Narayan Sai, who was arrested on Wednesday in Pipli, Haryana and brought to Delhi for identification, is now being questioned by Crime Branch officials of the Surat Police in connection with a sexual assault case filed against him.

Asaram’s son Narayan Sai arrested, Gujarat Police get one-day remand

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 08:55

Controversial godman Asaram Bapu`s son, Narayan Sai, who was on Wednesday arrested from the Punjab border after evading the law for nearly months, said that he was being framed in false cases.

Chinese official faces retrial in child rape case?

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:56

A former Chinese county official sentenced to five years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl was today retried after the victim`s family alleged that he got away with a lighter sentence.

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.

Delhi braveheart’s family moves SC seeking criminal trial for juvenile

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 09:25

The family of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking fresh trial for the juvenile in a criminal court.

Booked for rape, Haryana cop commits suicide

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 00:10

Booked on charges of rape just a day earlier, a Haryana Police officer committed suicide Thursday inside a police station in the state`s Ambala district, an official said.

Man arrested for raping daughter for over a decade in Mumbai

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:30

A 50-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter for nearly 11 years and fathering a child with her, police said Thursday.

Woman gets transit bail in case lodged by U`khand IAS officer

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:10

A 29-year-old woman, who lodged a rape case against a senior IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, was Thursday granted transit bail for two weeks by a Delhi court.