Daily Bulletin: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to face Rajya Sabha test; SC to hear pleas challenging Article 370 abrogation; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 5 years agoDaily Bulletin: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to face Rajya Sabha test; SC to hear pleas challenging Article 370 abrogation; 11-hour bandh in North East states over contentious citizenship bill;day's top stories
NHRC team visits site of Hyderabad encounter amid raging debate on police action; rape accused booked for 'attacking' cops
• 5 years agoTelangana Police said that the four accused in the rape and murder of a vetrinarian from Hyderabad have been booked for 'attacking' the cops who had accompanied them
Daily Bulletin: All four accused in Hyderabad rape, murder case killed in police encounter; Ajit Pawar gets clean chit in Vidarbha irrigation probe; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 5 years agoHere are today's top stories: All four accused in Hyderabad rape and murder case killed in police encounter; Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to attend top police officials' conference in Pune today; and more
Hyderabad rape and murder: Regressive worldview, acute failure of laws — has anything really changed between 2012 and now?
Samrat • 5 years agoHas anything at all changed with regard to rape in India between 2012 and now? Would anything change if all of those men had been strung up from the nearest pole?
Woman's charred body found in West Bengal's Malda district; probe launched as police suspects rape, murder
• 5 years agoIn a rerun of the Hyderabad veterinary doctor's murder, a young woman's charred body was found in a mango orchard in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday, raising suspicion that she was raped and killed, a senior police officer said
Hyderabad veterinarian rape and murder case: Telangana government sets up fast track court for trial of four accused
• 5 years agoThe Telangana government on Wednesday issued orders for setting up a fast track court to try the four men accused of the gang rape and murder of a woman veterinarian last month, even as protests continued over the incident and other parts of the state
As Hyderabad rape, murder case triggers calls for harsher penalties, how political posturing prevents death penalty for rapist-killers
Pinki Virani • 5 years agoAmid calls for the death penalty for rapists, in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian, this ringside view proves how political posturing can contrast with reality, with politicians themselves protecting the rapist-killer by permitting inordinate delays and presidential pardons.
Amid outrage over Hyderabad rape and murder case, a look at why politicians protect rapist-killers
Pinki Virani • 5 years agoCrimes that shock the nation are now a daily reality. This has also lead to further breakdown in law and order, more so since punishment by theory of deterrence to mark public abhorrence is not being applied.
Delhi High Court issues notice to Centre on plea against revelation of Hyderabad rape victim's identity by media
• 5 years agoAccording to the Cyberabad Police, the four accused punctured the rear wheel of the Hyderabad rape victim's scooter, offered to help her, dragged her to a secluded spot close to a toll plaza and raped her.
Hyderabad rape and murder: Need systematic approach, not mob-pleasing reactions to tackle sexual violence against women
Sreemoy Talukdar • 5 years agoThe brutal gangrape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad last Thursday has left the nation in a state of shock. As we are made to revisit the trauma of 2012 Delhi gangrape case, this could be an opportune moment to reassess where we are going wrong in tackling sexual violence and why the menace has gotten worse since the gruesome assault on the 23-year-old paramedic despite stringent laws and fast-track courts.