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Jan 22, 2013 ‘I was raped by cops multiple times’: "My most cruel assaulters are often the men in uniform. Yes, the cops, who blackmail us to pay hafta so that we can carry on with our job as sex workers. Refusal to please them means lathis, kicks in the mouth, abuses and finally, rape. I have often been raped by cops in parks, and even inside lock-ups. Some often stop me on the road and ask for a quick oral sex. Even when I step out from home for personal work, they insist on sex. Any resistance is met with abuses and torture. At times, I try and run away from the cops. I once even bit their hand in a bid to escape."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Tragedy of Delhi rape victim seeking better life: "Echoing his wife's criticisms, he said India had to change to make sure such crimes never happened again. "The character of our society is very poor,""
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi women 'carry knives' on board buses: "The BBC's Yogita Limaye took a bus ride in Delhi and asked women how they feel travelling on the city's public transport system."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's father says attitudes must change: "The case has shocked India and sparked a debate about the treatment of women."
Jan 21, 2013  Wish had participated in Delhi gangrape protests: CJI: "Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Monday strongly supported the upsurge of protests in the aftermath of the barbaric gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi on December 16, describing it as 'justified and necessary'. The CJI also said he wished he could have taken part in the protests that shook up the nation and exposed the flimsy safety measures for women in the country."
Jan 21, 2013 बिहार: डीआईजी पर रंगदारी का आरोप: "आलोक कुमार पर एक शराब व्यवसायी से दस करोड़ रूपए ऐंठने के लिए अपने कथित गुर्गों के ज़रिये उन पर दबाव बनाने का आरोप है."
Jan 21, 2013 Rise, fall, rise and downfall: "His crime record shows him as having allegedly smuggled watches as a young man, having been indicted as an accessory to murder, and now as being convicted for corruption. His political career has seen him as Haryana chief minister for varying periods, ranging from a low of five days to a full term of five years"
Jan 21, 2013 Protests justified, wish I was there, my nephew was beaten up: CJI: "He said judges need to be sensitive in dealing with cases concerning women, children and disabled people. “Without sensitivity, there is no point being a judge.”"
Jan 21, 2013 For Rs 20k, get a fake BEd degree and a job: "It's widely known that getting fake university certificates and obtaining government jobs on the basis of that is common practice in the state."
Jan 20, 2013 Manmohanomics is dead: PM has forgotten his economics: "Having made a right royal mess of the Indian economy over the last four years, the PM incredulously chose to offer a mea culpa only on inflation."
Jan 20, 2013 Haryana teenager undergoes series of rapes after rapists blackmailed her with MMS video: "During the past four months, two teenage rape victims, both Dalits, committed self-immolation after being raped."
Jan 20, 2013 Saran DIG accused of demanding Rs10 cr from liquor trader: "Tunnaji Pandey, a liquor trader, had complained to the director general of police (DGP) Abhayanand on January 13 against the DIG, Alok Kumar. "Pandey alleged that the DIG had demanded Rs10 crore from him and also threatened to implicate him in a false case.""
Jan 20, 2013 India cannot take risk by accepting Rahul as leader: Jaitley: "it has to be seen whether the nation accepts him as a leader on the basis of “family inheritance”."
Jan 20, 2013 K'taka: Lokayukta post vacant since 2011, cases pile up: "Has the Karnataka Lokayukta been rendered toothless by the BJP state government? Since Justice Shivraj Patil stepped down in September 2011, the state government has left the post of the anti-corruption watchdog vacant. Since then, nearly 1200 new cases have been filed, but only two have been disposed of. Overall, there are more than 4,500 cases pending."
Jan 20, 2013 India's legal system is lazy, says Arun Jaitley: "spoke about the need for legal reforms which hasten the process of an otherwise "lazy" legal system in India."
Jan 19, 2013 Quick facts about Haryana's JBT Scam: "The Junior Basic Teacher scam, broadly known as the JBT scam, involved illegal recruitments of over 3000 Junior Basic Teachers in Harayana by changing the original list of selected candidates."
Jan 19, 2013 'चौटाला अलमारी काटकर सूची बदलना चाहते थे': "जेबीटी अध्यापक घोटाला मामले में कथित विसल-ब्लोअर आईएएस अधिकारी संजीव कुमार के अनुसार हरियाणा के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री ओम प्रकाश चौटाला चाहते थे कि असली सूची को नकली सूची से कथित तौर पर बदलने के लिए अलमारी के पिछले भाग को काट कर यह काम किया जाए."
Jan 19, 2013 Delhi: 6-year-old raped in Sep 2012 struggles to overcome trauma: " A six-year-old rape survivor in Delhi has been facing trauma during test identification parades that require the victim to come face-to-face with the accused. Her father has turned Citizen Journalist demanding sensitive investigation."
Jan 19, 2013 Congress giving more importance to Rahul than India: BJP: "BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the picture emerging from the Congress's Chintan Shivir was that the Congress was more worried about Rahul Gandhi's position within party, than the country's problems."
Jan 19, 2013 Why India remains a functioning anarchy even now
Jan 18, 2013 बेटी के बिना ज़िंदगी की नई शुरुआत...: "दिल्ली में सामूहिक बलात्कार का शिकार हुई लड़की के घरवालों के चेहरों पर घटना के घाव स्पष्ट हैं, आवाज धीमी, चेहरे भाव-विहीन. ऐसे कि आँखों से आँसू अब झलकें तब झलकें."
Jan 18, 2013 Corruption in politics riling people, Sonia Gandhi warns party: "what of lavish and ostentatious displays of wealth, pomp and status? Does this not beg the question, where is this wealth coming from?""
Jan 17, 2013 Rs. 1 cr. seized from scientist’s house: "The Central Bureau of Investigation has seized Rs.1 crore from the Haryana premises of a scientist with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests who was arrested along with a middleman on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe."
Jan 17, 2013 SC questions rampant use of beacon: "The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the logic behind providing red beacons and security to a large number of people including MPs, MLAs and judges."
Jan 16, 2013 Month after Delhi gangrape, autos continue to flout norms: "A month after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old brought people out on the streets and the administration down on its knees, nothing seems to have changed in the national capital."
Jan 16, 2013 Manipur: Rapes, murders and AFSPA: "In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal, holding up a banner that said, 'Indian Army rape us'. They were protesting the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, allegedly by security forces. Manorama was picked up from her house on July 11, 2004 by Assam Rifles soldiers."
Jan 16, 2013 Has the national capital become any safer for women?: "CNN-IBN exposes how public transport and autos in particular flout rules and remain a danger to women's safety."
Jan 16, 2013 CNN: Another gang rape in India: "Police arrest 6 of 7 men suspected of raping a woman Friday night in the Gurdaspur district in Punjab."
Jan 16, 2013 CNN: 'Slumdog' star: Rape could happen to me: "Actress Freida Pinto of "Slumdog Millionaire" talks to CNN's Erin Burnett about the recent rape cases in India."
Jan 16, 2013 Booked for standing up?: "In two separate cases of sexual harassment in West Bengal, the police and the residents chose to torment the people who came to the rescue of the victims. The bizarre treatment has shocked many. Why have these men who stood up against injustice been subjected to this treament?"
Jan 16, 2013 Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested: "Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA-son Ajay Chautala and 53 others were convicted on Wednesday by a Delhi court for the illegal recruitment of over 3000 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state."
Jan 14, 2013 Mattress, blankets, warm water, sewadars for ex-Home Minister Gopal Kanda in Tihar Jail: newspaper report: "Kanda, being an MLA, is being given VIP facilities inside the jail. He has been seen sipping tea and resting inside the jailor's office several times."
Jan 14, 2013 Stock Guru scam: IT officer raided for ‘Rs 60-cr bribe’: "in connection with the Rs 500-crore Stock Guru India scam. An IRS officer of 2006 batch, Yogendra Mittal, has been detained and is likely to be arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of nearly Rs 60 crore for favouring the accused"
Jan 14, 2013 Police tortured my brother: Delhi rape protest petitioner: "Three policemen hit me on my genitals with sticks and when I shouted for help they shoved a sock in my mouth,""
Jan 14, 2013 Excl: Terror conclave on Indian passport: "It's the shocking story of how Pro Pakistan Indian separatists were part of a Pakistan organised terror conclave where they met 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Chief Syed Salauddin."
Jan 14, 2013 CNN: Discrimination begins in the womb: "CNN's Sumnima Udas examines the cycle of discrimination against women in India."
Jan 14, 2013 Lakshmi: Gang rape case 'disgusted me': "Author and 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi was born in India and speaks to Erin Burnett about India's gang rape case."
Jan 14, 2013 Unicef: Female foeticide in India: "The girls have not vanished overnight. Decades of sex determination tests and female foeticide that has acquired genocide proportions are finally catching up with states in India."
Jan 14, 2013 BBC: The girls stolen from the streets of India: "Tens of thousands of girls disappear in India every year. They are sold into prostitution, domestic slavery and, increasingly, like Rukhsana, into marriage in the northern states of India where the sex ratio between men and women has been skewed by the illegal - but widespread - practice of aborting girl foetuses.", ""Police are well aware of what we do. I have to tell police when I am transporting a girl and I bribe police in every state - in Calcutta, in Delhi, in Haryana. "I have had troubles with authorities but I am not afraid - if I go to jail I now have enough money to bribe my way out.""
Jan 14, 2013 Zakaria: India's Arab Spring: "Erin Burnett talks to Fareed Zakaria about the five men charged with the brutal rape and murder of a young Indian woman."
Jan 13, 2013 Why long rope for hatemonger?: "It has been over 24 hours since Akbaruddin Owaisi landed in India, but even after having three FIRs filed against him, the hatemonger MLA continues to roam free citing health problems as a reason to avoid arrest. The question is for how long will Akbaruddin Owaisi continue to evade the law?"
Jan 13, 2013 DCI member caught taking bribe from college staff: "A member of the Dental Council of India has been arrested red-handed for taking bribe by the Central Bureau of Investigation. DCI member Dr Murugesan was arrested when he was taking the bribe of Rs 25 lakh from Dr Rambhadran, administrative officer of a dental college."
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gang rape has shaken nation's conscience, says Chief Justice of India: "The CJI said the high court chief justices should get in touch with the state governments for appointment of judicial officers but in the meantime some court should be designated as fast-track courts to exclusively deal with offences against women."
Jan 13, 2013 Delhi gangrape: why criminal cases crawl through Indian courts: "When Angammal was being sexually abused inside a police station for six days over a decade ago, her son was just a little boy. As the case drags on in court, the little boy is now a student of law, convinced that he could argue his mother’s case better than any man in black robes. The trial in the case started 14 years ago. It continues today."
Jan 13, 2013 CNN: Rape victim's father: Hang assailants: "CNN's Sumnima Udas reports on the protests surrounding the gang rape of a girl in India and her father speaking out."
Jan 13, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's male friend recounts attack: "The friend of a woman who died after being raped on a bus in Delhi has given his first interview since the incident."
Jan 13, 2013 Women's safety: Have our political leaders failed us?: "Under fire over his 'India and Bharat' comment, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat got another jolt over an alleged comment on the role of women in society. 'A husband and a wife are involved in a social contract. The wife has to take care of the household work and the husband has to meet her needs and protect her. If the wife violates the contract, the husband can disown her,' he said while addressing a rally in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. That soundbyte sparked a row, before the RSS clarified that he was misinterpreted."
Jan 13, 2013 This Troll Has A Very Long Nose: "Who bugged the internet? Why is the government so afraid that it’s resorting to stealth censorship?"
Jan 13, 2013 Haryana govt misleading court to protect Vadra, says Khemka: "In February 2011, the same ACO had made another allegedly fraudulent entry in the land records of village Chirsi in Faridabad district, according favour to an influential chartered accountant to enable him to take possession of 6.5 acres."
Jan 13, 2013 An equal law for legislators, public: "MLAs and MPs seek to cushion themselves with privileges and perks that sometimes appear dubious and can conceivably be of little use to ordinary citizens who voted them in."
Jan 13, 2013 HC downgrades sitting DG to brigadier rank: " the Delhi high court, on Friday, concluded that staff selection boards showed “undue favour and bias” in promoting him."
Jan 12, 2013 Law is perceived as impotent: Ashwani Kumar: " "law is perceived as impotent in the face of grave injustice, leading to an unacceptable erosion of people's faith in the justice delivery system and the rule of law itself.""
Jan 12, 2013 Uttarakhand’s 6pm curfew for women hits a raw nerve: "announcement that women cannot work after 6pm in select sectors."
Jan 12, 2013 Social activist seeks CM's sanction to prosecute 3 ministers: "Social activist T J Abraham today sought Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar's sanction to prosecute three ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok for alleged 'massive illegality and corruption.'"
Jan 12, 2013 ‘You can hardly sneeze without breaking law’: "There are so many laws in this country already. Every topic has a law. We are an over-legislated country. You can hardly sneeze without breaking law. More laws you make, more cases will build up; because laws are not implemented it leads to people losing faith in law."
Jan 11, 2013 SC says Delhi unsafe, seeks govt view on two-finger test: "“There is no safety for women. We are failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect,” the apex court said while asking authorities to respond to a petition to examine the suitability of the controversial two-finger medical test conducted on rape victims. The two-finger test, in which a doctor inserts two fingers into a woman’s genital tract to determine whether sexual activity has taken place"
Jan 5, 2013 CNN: Villagers beat politician accused of rape: "Watch as villagers strip and beat an Indian politician accused of raping a middle-age mother of two."
Jan 5, 2013 After spewing venom, a disappearing act: "Akbaruddin Owaisi has hade made not one but many inflammatory speeches, forcing the law to take action against the hate mongering MLA from Hyderabad. The police have registered 2 firs against the MIM MLA for his venomous speech in Adilabad district on December 24 and have sent him a notice."
Jan 2, 2013 A convicted rapist on the loose: "It has been 7 years since Bitti Mohanty, convicted of rape, went underground. His father, who was a top police officer in Orissa in 2006, got him out on bail but completely washed his hands off the case after Bitti turned an absconder. TIMES NOW has been following the story relentlessly and reveals how the top cop's rapist son was allowed to go missing."
Jan 2, 2013 Delhi rape: juvenile raped woman twice and ripped off her intestine: "the juvenile associate of the men who executed the gangrape of December 16 was the most brutal of them all. According to the chargesheet, the juvenile had subjected the 23-year-old physiotherapist to sexual abuse twice, related stories No Psych Tests for Gangrape Accused Cold no deterrent, protesters call for Bharat Bandh today Rape victims from poor sections to get financial help once when she was unconscious. He extracted her intestine with his bare hands"
Jan 1, 2013 Give Us The Rope: India is in protest mode, for tough laws and tough rulers. What if we get what we want?
Jan 1, 2013 Seeing Through The Tears : Ultimately, it is not the political class or the police who can offer solutions. If some youngsters who have been following this story can be sensitised, we would have achieved something in the urban space.
Jan 1, 2013 Honouring The Braveheart: Delhi needs a separate policing architecture with the state government having primacy of supervision in respect of crime and law and order and the MHA in respect of VIP and diplomatic security
Jan 1, 2013 After 25 years, Punjab teachers yet to get pension
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi gangrape: Protests demanding justice continue at Jantar Mantar: Some people continued their fast demanding stringent punishment for the culprits involved in the gang-rape.
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi rape: Mehra Commission invites complaints, suggestions: A Home Ministry statement said the Commission, headed by Justice Mehra, a retired judge of the Delhi High Court, will function from its office at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi.
Jan 1, 2013 Drowning in graft - Deccan Chronicle
Jan 1, 2013 Demands For Justice: Women’s, students’ and progressive groups and concerned citizens from around the country on the recent case of gang-rape in Delhi, condemning sexual violence and opposing death penalty
Jan 1, 2013 The Road To Anarchy: If everybody--whether protesters or the police-- start behaving and acting as they will, there will be anarchy.
Jan 1, 2013 Breaking The Silence: The on-going anti-rape protests may have been triggered by a publicly enacted brutality, but they are about a much greater anger, a pent-up fury about many, many issues
Jan 1, 2013 Delhi protests: 3000 police personnel deployed to control crowd: At least 3,000 security personnel, from Delhi Police and para-military forces, were manning roads in the heart of the capital to stop any violent demonstration, said a senior police officer on Thursday.
Jan 1, 2013 Crime, a little politics turned a community against him: Two reports of mob vengeance: acid attack in bihar, planter’s murder in assam
Jan 1, 2013 Indians hold rally in Melbourne : The Indian diaspora in Australia gathered before the Indian consulate here and held a peaceful rally on Thursday in support of the anti-rape stir in India and offered prayers for the recovery of t...
Jan 1, 2013 19 cops still protect ex-president Pratibha Patil's family: "Former president Pratibha Patil might have exited the high office in July, but in violation of norms her family continues to enjoy high security cover, with 18 constables and one sub-inspector. Taking note of this divergence, the Maharashtra government has thrice requested the Union home ministry for permission to withdraw the former first family's protection. On all three occasions, the Centre's response has reportedly been silence"
Dec 31, 2012 Bihar sacks 251 rural job scheme officials for graft: "the performance audit of the MGNREGS in Bihar found that 73 percent of the Rs.8,189 crore scheme fund, spent in the state's 38 districts in six years (2006-12), were embezzled by the implementing authorities."
Dec 31, 2012 Cops say killers ate tea planter’s flesh before setting house afire: "The culprits who had killed a tea planter and his wife in Upper Assam last Wednesday, first hacked him to death and then reportedly consumed his flesh before setting the house on fire to make it look like an incident of mob violence"
Dec 31, 2012 Delhi records highest rape cases: "It's a national shame. Delhi tops list of states with highest number of rape while Mumbai ranks second. Delhi braveheart Nirbhaya's case is not hers alone. Every 20 minutes a woman is raped in India. Every 18 hours a woman faces the same fate in Delhi. And, these distrubing figures have only been on the rise month after month, year after year."
Dec 31, 2012 Jind SP's 'sexist' guidelines: "If an MLA in Alwar wants girls to stop wearing skirts, an SP in Jind has his own bizarre solution. He wants women to stay indoors on New Year's eve so as to not invite trouble."
Dec 30, 2012 Fighting Corruption with Mobile and Cloud in India - FutureGov Magazine
Dec 30, 2012 Jaya Bachchan breaks down, says we should apologise: "Jaya Bachchan on Saturday broke down while addressing people in Mumbai during protests over Delhi gangrape."
Dec 30, 2012 Police not serious about such cases, says a rape victim husband: "A 28-year-old software engineer in Pune was kidnapped, raped and murdered by four people on October 7, 2009. The next day her body was recovered from a forest. Though the city crime branch managed to arrest the four accused soon, one of the culprits managed to escape from police custody in 2011 and since then police haven't been able to arrest him."
Dec 30, 2012 Need more women in police force: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: "After the tragic death of the Delhi braveheart, victim of a most brutal gangrape, the calls for stronger legislation have become louder."
Dec 30, 2012 Kolkata: Women narrate their daily ordeal: "A day after the Delhi braveheart succumbed to the grievous injuries inflicted to her during the most brutal gangrape ever reported from the city, protests continue across the nation to demand safety for women."
Dec 30, 2012 Another victim of police inaction?: "A 12 year old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Ahmedabad. The victim tried to end her life after the horrific incident. The father of the victim says despite repeated complaints the police have failed to take any action in the case. The 12 year old is in critical condition."
Dec 30, 2012 Chorus demanding change grows louder: "The peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar demanding speedy punishment for the rapists of the 23-year-old girl was marred by violence today when a group allegedly belonging to BJP's student wing ABVP clashed with police on being denied permission to take out a march."
Dec 30, 2012 Court is the only hope of outraged nation, says fresh plea : "“After the ghastly rape incident, the public anger against police and an apathetic ruling class… reflects that people across all parts of the country have little faith in the Executive and the Legislature wherein many of them are charged with rape and murder."
Dec 30, 2012 Sikh rights group decries “silence” over 1984 victims: "Responding to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s statement that as a woman and mother, she could understand the protesters’ emotions, the SFJ wondered if she had conveniently forgotten the “vicious cycle of rape and murder let loose against Sikh women in 1984 at the behest of her husband.”"
Dec 30, 2012 Fake degree certificate racket busted: "Police have seized fake documents including 113 marks cards, degree certificates and migration certificates of nine universities. They also seized notary stickers, fake seals,"
Dec 30, 2012 Bengal woman gangraped by six, hammered to death: "a 45-year-old woman and her husband were waylaid by six men as they were returning home from a brick kiln where they worked. After raping the woman, they bludgeoned her to death. The man was forced to drink acid."
Dec 30, 2012 Delhi gangrape: Victim's mother collapses, docs say now stable: "Unable to bear the loss of her daughter, the 45-year-old mother of the Delhi gang-rape victim collapsed today"
Dec 29, 2012 India Gate and Raisina Hills closed for public: "Anticipating protests following the death of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim, Delhi Police on Saturday (December 29) stepped up security in the capital closing India Gate and Raisina Hill for the public besides 10 Metro stations. A large number of police personnel were deployed at Rajpath, the stretch connecting India Gate and Raisina Hill where large-scale protests were witnessed last weekend, and roads leading to this was closed."
Dec 29, 2012 Rape row: Are politicians adding insult to injury?: "Politicians have made shameful and shocking statements over heinous crime like rape and the victims of it."
Dec 29, 2012 Police reforms is the need of the hour: Kiran Bedi: "Former IPS officer and India Against Corruption member Kiran Bedi reacting to the news of the death of Delhi braveheart said that police reforms was the need of the hour. She said the first measure that needs to be taken is the introduction of a system where complaints in connection with crime against women could be registered for free."
Dec 29, 2012 'Attitude of Indian society towards women needs to change': "Supreme Court lawyer Manali Bhandare has said that the Indian society needs to change as a whole in order to ensure the safety of women."
Dec 29, 2012 What Delhi and India can do to improve its police: "Also requiring a review is the stipulation that the Delhi Police Commissioner will have to be only from the Union Territory IPS Cadre. The job is too big and contentious to restrict the field of choice to just a few."
Dec 29, 2012 State as predator and an extortionist at will: " The way a person without money or power is treated in Government offices and police stations hardly requires any elaboration. The plight of women is particularly horrible."
Dec 29, 2012 CNN: Teenager raped in India commits suicide: "A 17-year-old girl in India killed herself after she recently said that she was gang raped."
Dec 29, 2012 CNN: Indians protest after rape victim dies: "Thousands across India demand changes from the government after a gang rape victim dies from her injuries."
Dec 29, 2012 CNN: India files murder charges against suspects in brutal gang rape: "Reported rape cases in India -- where a cultural stigma keeps many victims from reporting the crime -- have increased drastically over the past four decades -- from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011, according to official figures. New Delhi alone had 572 rapes reported last year and more than 600 in 2012."
Dec 29, 2012 अपनों की बुरी नज़र का शिकार होती बेटियां: "सरकारी आंकड़ों के मुताबिक 10 में से नौ बलात्कारी पीड़िता के दोस्त या घर के लोग ही होते हैं."

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