Delhi gangrape incident, Latest News on Delhi gangrape incident, Latest Blogs on Delhi gangrape incident | Firstpost

FIRSTPOST YOUSPEAK

Delhi gangrape incident

Articles

View all articles

Live: 5 protesters detained after violence at Jantar Mantar

Dec 30, 2012

After the death of the Delhi gangrape victim, protesters are expected at Jantar Mantar today. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates. #Jantar Mantar #New Delhi #NewsTracker #Delhi gangrape incident #Delhi protests
We cannot let the anger pass: Shabana Azmi

Dec 29, 2012

Actor and activist Shabana Azmi said that the death of the gangrape survivor after the brutal assault in Delhi gave a clarion call to protest against women's inequality in society. #Jantar Mantar #Delhi #WhoSaidWhat #Shabana Azmi #Delhi gangrape incident
Why urban planning will make cities safer for women

Dec 28, 2012

Rape deterrence does not lie in capital punishment and chemical castration. It's about urban planning as well. Sameera Khan, co-author of the book Why Loiter? talks about what makes women feel safe on the streets. #New Delhi #Mumbai #Q&A #Delhi gangrape incident #Women's safety in cities

Wire

IBN Live
Delhi: Four men gangrape 20-year-old newly married woman

2013-06-19 19:17:00

New Delhi: A 20-year-old newly married woman was gangraped by four men in New Delhi, police said on Wednesday. Two of the accused have been arrested. The incident happened at Gokalpuri area in east Delhi on Saturday. "The victim, a native of Bihar came t #New Delhi
IBN Live
New measures needed to protect rural women: TMC MP

2013-06-12 20:15:00

Kolkata: Observing that there is a need to "think of new measures to ensure the protection of women in rural areas", Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Wednesday said there is a marked difference in the extent of protests against crimes targeting women #Kolkata #Saugata Roy #Trinamool Congress
Indian Express
Panel records Swiss gangrape victim statement in embassy

2013-06-05 22:22:00

Please read our terms of use before posting comments More than two months after a Swiss tourist was allegedly gangraped in Madhya Pradesh, a judicial commission, in a rare gesture, visited the country's embassy in New Delhi last week to record the victim #Switzerland #Madhya Pradesh #India

Editor's picks

Why India should have been prepared for Uttarakhand floods

But we aren’t helpless: we’ve failed because, though we’ve done our homework on how not to fail, we haven’t actually turned these lessons into practice.
Why the political isolation of Narendra Modi is temporary

If Modi stands in splendid isolation today, it would appear that he represents a break from the consensual leader. But once again the disagreement over Modi is all about optics.
Why is the Kedarnath pilgrimage so important? Five key points

According to reports, while the temple is safe, the outer compound has been damaged and the town around the temple has suffered massive losses as it felt the full force of the rising waters.
It's batting vs batting as India take on SL in Champions Trophy

The key player battles for the Champions Trophy semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Cardiff.

The 4 MLAs who helped Nitish Kumar keep calm and carry on

Nitish Kumar’s fate today might swing on six independents. Four of them have extended their support, and two are undecided. Here we give you the low-down on who the decision-makers might be today
Hauz Khas Village: The hypocrisy of high-end 'alternative' chic

HKV provides Delhi’s socialites and chatterati with what they need most: Obnoxious status display masked as anti-establishment virtue.
Why diversification is at the heart of a good financial future

Diversification is a risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of different kinds of investments will, on average, yield optimally desired returns while lowering a risk that is posed by any individual investment found within the portfolio.
India lose 1-5 to Australia, crash out of Hockey World League

An error-prone India needed a miracle to topple Australia in what was the 100th international fixture between the two sides.

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.