Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, on Wednesday met the family of the 20-year-old women, who died after being hit by a car in the Khanjawala area of the national capital and then dragged for a few kilometres on the road.
The mother of the victim in the horrific Kanjhawala incident in the national capital on Wednesday dismissed claims made by deceased Anjali's 'friend' Nidhi and said that she "might be involved" in this "well-thought-out conspiracy".
Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, said on Saturday that rape incidents have increased three-fold in the last 10 years.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend today's Parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues as Friday marked 10 years of Nirbhaya gang rape.
The father of deceased Sagar Dhankar has moved a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking transfer of the murder case of his son to fast track court for time-bound disposal like the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
Maharashtra Minister of Women and Child Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Monday belied the claims of Uddhav camp leaders that Shinde legislators used vehicles, bought from Nirbhaya Fund, as escort security.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday wrote to the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) and demanded "immediate withdrawal of vehicles procured under Nirbhaya fund" and to be sent back to the "Nirbhaya Squad".
Uddhav camp Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged that several vehicles procured by the Mumbai Police under the Nirbhaya Fund, which was meant to be used for fighting crimes against women, are instead being used for legislators of the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena fact
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Kochi Police have initiated the "1 lakh download challenge of the "Nirbhayam" app and encouraged women to download it.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women on Sunday slammed Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over his remarks on rapes in the country, saying that the Rajasthan Chief Minister should stop using the language of rapists.