New Delhi: The New Year may usher in loads of cheers for job seekers, as companies are likely to hire up to 10 lakh employees and dole out pay hikes in the range of 10-15 percent to high-performers, say experts. As per the estimates of human resource consultants, hiring will definitely see an upt

NEW DELHI - A fast track court to try sexual offence cases against women was on Wednesday inaugurated in New Delhi by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir who advocated speedy trial of the case relating to the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl. The CJI, who justified the public reaction

To prove the complicity of those accused of raping and murdering the 23-year-old physiotherapy student last month, nearly 30 witnesses would be enlisted in the charge sheet, besides all the forensic and material evidence. The police have reconstructed the sequence of events leading up to the inci

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 31, 2012 (PTI) Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has prohibited its students from using mobile phones with cameras and seized 14 such devices from the hostel here. The students were warned that disciplinary action will be taken against them if found using mobile pho

Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes. Expressing grief over the death of th

NEW DELHI: There has been only one conviction out of over 600 cases of rape reported to Delhi Police this year even as crime against women has been on the rise in the national capital. As many as 754 accused were arrested in the 635 cases reported to Delhi Police between January and November, the

Mangalore- MCC Commissioner Harish Kumar K. said that the water supply was proportionate to number of connections in the area, and dismissed claims of scarcity Even before the intense summer heat tests the water supply system in the city, the Ullal Town Municipal Council (TMC) and the Mangalore C

New Delhi, December 21, 2012, PTI Two days after the death of the 23-year-old girl, who was brutalised and gang-raped on a moving bus in the national capital, the Delhi Police today said it has finalised around 1,000-page charge sheet in connection with the incident and plans to submit it in court

New Delhi, Dec 30, 2012 (IANS): A fortnight after her savage gang-rape singed the collective conscience of the nation and plunged it into unprecedented anguish and anger, the battered body of the young woman was cremated quietly here early Sunday morning. Her battle to live and fight her perpetr

Bhubaneswar, Dec 30, 2012 (IANS) At least six elephants were killed after being hit by a train in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, officials said. A coach attendant also died after he reportedly fell off the train. The Chennai-bound Coromandel Express hit a herd of elephants between Rambha and H

Srinagar, Dec 30, 2012 (PTI): A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir last night but there was no report of any damage. The tremors, which created panic among the residents of the Valley, was recorded last night at around 11.20 pm, an official of the MET de

Ahmedabad | Agency The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Thursday, filed status report in a sealed cover explaining the requirement of services of IPS officer Satish Verma in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. A hearing on the report will take place on Friday. Earlier on December 10, a

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday condoled the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim and expressed the hope that the entire political class and civil society will set aside narrow sectional interests and agenda to make India a demonstrably safer place to live in.   He said it would be a true h

[caption id="attachment_18998" align="aligncenter" width="625"] The Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore where the 23-year-old girl was admitted on Thursday morning.-AP[/caption] The 23-year-old girl, who put up a brave battle for life after she was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a Delhi b

NEW DELHI: Now, it is official that 2006 Malegaon blast that killed 37 people and injured over 100 was, perhaps, not perpetrated by Muslim fundamentalists but Hindu fanatics. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday officially declared the Samjhauta Express blast accused Rajender Chaudhary

KOKATA: President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee stoked a major controversy by describing women participating in Delhi protests against gang rape of a student as 'highly dented and painted', triggering angry backlash. Abhijit had said, "Walking in candlelight processions, going to disco

Gang-rape victim struggles to survive after suffering heart attack and brain injuries AFP,16 December 28, 2012 [caption id="attachment_18845" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Two ambulances are seen parked in front of the accident and emergency entrance of the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapo

New Delhi: In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government is mulling to create a database of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of state for Home R.P.N. Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Burea