Sheila vs Mamata: Does Didi get too much flak for rape cases?
Fp Staff • 12 years agoTrinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien in a tweet, questioned whether Sheila Dikshit was had special immunity from criticism despite the rising crimes against women in Delhi.
Rights panel summons MP for remarks on Park Street rape
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe West Bengal Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued summons to Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar who had called the Park Street rape case a 'sex deal gone wrong'.
Park Street rape case: Charges framed against three
Fp Archives • 12 years agoA fast-track court on Tuesday framed charges of gangrape and criminal conspiracy against three people arrested in the politically controversial Park Street rape case, in which an Anglo-Indian woman was allegedly raped in 2012.
For politicians, shaming rapists should start at home
Roy • 12 years agoIt’s clear that even after this gang rape our politicians have not gotten the basic lesson. Rape is rape. And no means no. There’s no dress code for rape. There is no curfew hour. No character certificate is needed.
Park Street gangrape: TMC MP accuses woman of being sex worker
Fp Staff • 12 years agoA Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar today said that the Park Street case was not one of gangrape but one of a misunderstanding between a woman and her client.
Sheila, Mamata and the plight of the rape victim
Roy • 12 years agoNo one expects Sheila Dikshit or Mamata Banerjee to make rape their number one priority just because they are women. But is a little more sensitivity, a little more plain human outrage too much to ask?
Go to bed early: The cop's safety guide from Gurgaon to Guwahati
Roy • 13 years agoSecurity rules, whether in Guwahati or Gurgaon, boil down to the same take home message from the cops - it’s not their problem, it’s yours. The knee jerk solution is always the same – crackdown on nightlife, restrict people’s movements.
The great Indian cop defence: Rape is never ever my fault
Roy • 13 years agoA 23-year-old woman gets gang-raped in Gurgaon. The government has the solution — get all the women off the streets by 8 pm. What's the real problem here? The women? Or the rapists?
Kolkata rape case: Why has Didi gone mum?
Roy • 13 years agoThe Kolkata rape case has blown up in the face of Mamata Banerjee. Didi told the media it was "concocted" to "embarrass" her government. Now the rapists have been identified and it's the CM's turn to be embarrassed.