Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Dec 10 (ANI): Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon on Tuesday said that there should be a political will to tackle the problem of rising rape cases in the country and fast track courts should be brought up very fast.
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal December 16, 2012, gang-rape and murder case, on Tuesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking modification and leniency.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, Swati Maliwal on Monday has written a letter to Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani seeking disbursement of Nirbhaya fund to the states.
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Tihar Jail, where all the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case are lodged, does not have a hangman to execute them, an official said on Monday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Nadu on Sunday expressed concern over the growing crimes against women in the country and said that the change of mindset is the need of the hour to curb the menace.
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): One of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case has moved his plea to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking immediate withdrawal of his mercy petition.
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, has moved a plea to President of India Ram Nath Kovind, seeking immediate withdrawal of his mercy petition, claiming that he did not sign the document.
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Counsels for convicts of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case have condemned the encounter killing of four accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in Telangana on Friday, and stated that this is "hooliganism" and "sheer misuse of power".
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): After the Unnao rape victim succumbed to her injuries in Safdarjung Hospital here, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Saturday said that the system and her seven-year struggle have been defeated today.
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday welcomed the move by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of recommending President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy plea of 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma.
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday recommended President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy plea of 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma.