A woman and her partner from Cornwall have been sentenced to prison for plotting to drug and rape her six-year-old daughter. The couple, whose identities are being withheld to protect the victim, were sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday, August 30. The woman, from East Cornwall, received a 17-year prison sentence, while the man, […]
Bengal Must Support CISF For Kolkata Hospital: Centre Approaches Top Court
The housing of Central Industrial Security Forces, deployed at the hospital where the shocking rape-murder of a doctor took place last month, appears set to be the next flashpoint between Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. The Centre has now gone to the Supreme Court, contending that the Bengal government must house the CISF […]
Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – whose government is under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital – launched a fierce defence of her administration and the city’s police force Tuesday, pointing to equally horrific instances of assault on women in other states. She referred to the rape […]
High Court Raps Investigation In Thane Rape Case, Implementation Of POCSO
The Bombay High Court had expressed serious concern about the flaws in the implementation of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act. While hearing a petition regarding the sexual assault on several nursery-level children at a school near Mumbai that sparked massive protests last month, the court said a committee should be formed […]
Rahul Gandhi Urges Party To Consider Alliance In Haryana. What AAP Says
Elections in Haryana are just a month away and preparations by political parties are in full swing. Amid the poll countdown, a big question is doing the rounds in political circles — will the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continue their alliance from the Lok Sabha polls? In an interview to NDTV a […]