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Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the upper house. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Shah directs CRPF to keep combat profile young; move aged troops to...

CRPF has constituted a 6-member committee of officers to prepare a blueprint if a threshold cut-off age can be fixed.

6 Dec 2019 3:07 PM IST

$We were getting messages, asking us to throw the accused in front of hungry lions. But we followed the law,\ he told PTI over phone. (Photo: File)$ India

Thought of killing Nirbhaya rapists never crossed my mind: Ex-Delhi...

Kumar's remarks came in the context of an encounter in Hyderabad on Friday where 4 men accused of raping veterinarian...

6 Dec 2019 3:01 PM IST

He was addressing a national convention on empowerment of women for social transformation at the headquarters of the Brahma Kumaris. (Photo: ANI)

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Rape convicts under POCSO shouldn't have right to file mercy plea:...

The President stressed that a society based on equality and harmony could only be possible by empowering women.

6 Dec 2019 2:52 PM IST

DMK had on December 2 filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court seeking its direction to stay the Tamil Nadu state local body election notification. (Photo: ANI)

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'Historic verdict': Stalin after SC holds local body polls in 9 newly...

'DMK is always ready, it is AIADMK which is afraid of elections,' Stalin said.

6 Dec 2019 2:49 PM IST

Irani said it was unfortunate that incidents of rape and killing of women are being communalised and politicised. (Photo: ANI)

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Cong leader's Sita remarks trigger uproar in LS, Irani says Oppn...

Chowdhury had said while on the one hand plans are afoot to build a Ram temple (in Ayodhya), on the other hand Sita is...

6 Dec 2019 2:37 PM IST

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Centre recommends rejection of Nirbhaya rapist's mercy plea, file sent...

The file has been forwarded to the President for consideration and final decision.

6 Dec 2019 2:35 PM IST

$\As per the survey, the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is about 10.6 per cent,\ Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan said during Question Hour. (Photo: Twitter | @drharshvardhan)$ India

'Over 10 per cent adults detected with mental disorders': Union Health...

Vardhan said the survey said there was at least 1 mental health hospital in all 12 surveyed states

6 Dec 2019 2:31 PM IST

Chidambaram told a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court that the high court rejected his bail on the ground that the offence he has been accused of is serious in nature. (Photo: File)

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Chidambaram makes it 'saffron' v/s 'secular', asks J'khand voters to...

Chidambaram said the outcome of the ongoing Assembly polls will be an important turning point.

6 Dec 2019 2:18 PM IST

The video was taken on December 1 during a performance at the wedding of village head Sudhir Singh Patels daughter. (Photo: Screengrab)

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UP again: Woman shot when she stopped dancing, captured on cam

In the one-minute long clip, a man who seems drunk was heard saying: 'Goli chal jayegi (shots will be fired),' after...

6 Dec 2019 2:07 PM IST

Those who talk of human rights over this encounter, I would like to ask them did they ever go to the accused or their families and told them not to do such crimes?, Seema Samriddhi Kushwaha said. (Photo: ANI)

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Lawyer of Nirbhaya's parents slams those critising Telangana encounter

The four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case were shot dead by police in the wee hours on Friday.

6 Dec 2019 2:00 PM IST

$The victims uncle, who lives in a rented house here and runs a small shop, told reporters that a relative of the accused Shivam had called him and threatened that he would have to face \dire consequences\. (Representational Image)$ India

Would not let you live': UP rape survivor's uncle threatened by...

'Your shop would be set on fire and would not let you live,' the victim's uncle described the caller.

6 Dec 2019 1:40 PM IST

Not paying heed to these threats, she went ahead and filed two FIRs -- the first with Bihar Bahta police (Unnao) on March 5 and the second the next day with Lalgunj (Rae Bareli) police. (Representational Image)

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Was kept as sex slave, UP woman told police in March FIR

6 Dec 2019 1:05 PM IST